Saudi Arabia stops Yemen-bound ship carrying communications equipment
RIYADH (Reuters) – The World Food Programme (WFP) says communications equipment that Saudi Arabia stopped from entering Yemen on one of its chartered ships last week, fearing it was meant for the Houthi militia, belonged to the United Nations.
U.N. staffer killed in Iraq, first since 2010
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A local U.N. staffer in Iraq was killed after he was abducted from the eastern province of Diyala last April, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Former U.N. chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali dead at 93
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a blunt-spoken Egyptian who led the world body through global turmoil as it defined its peacekeeping role and lost his job over disputes with Washington, died on Tuesday. H…
Putin critic Mikhail Kasyanov: I won’t flee Russia despite death threats
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov has said he fears for his life after fellow activist Boris Nemtsov was gunned down in Moscow last year, leaving him as the most high-profile Kremlin opponent inside the country.
Peru still unclear on future of presidential runner-up Guzman
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s electoral board on Tuesday reaffirmed its previous decision to bar the registration of “outsider” presidential hopeful Julio Guzman’s party, but said it was not necessarily disqualifying him from April elections.
Merkel ready to lift Russia sanctions if conditions met: party officials
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to lift European sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict sooner rather than later but does not yet see the basis to do so, deputies from her party said on Tuesday.
Merkel warns against border closures, says to fight for EU-Turkey plan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel vowed to push for implementation of the EU’s migration deal with Turkey at a summit this week, saying the alternative of closing borders to limit the flow of refugees to Europe would have dire consequences.
Iran’s Zarif tells European lawmakers Islamist militancy also their problem
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told European Union lawmakers on Tuesday militant Islam was also a European problem as he defended Iran’s involvement in Syria’s civil war on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
Egypt court clears policeman over 2011 torture, killing case
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday cleared a former security officer charged with torturing to death an Islamist detainee suspected of bombing a church in Alexandria shortly before the 2011 uprising.
Iraqi Kurdish deputy PM says deal with Baghdad ‘easy’ if salaries paid
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The deputy prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan said a political and economic deal with Baghdad could easily be reached if the federal government agreed to pay the salaries of the region’s employees, including its armed forces.
