Tanzanian president suspends rail chief pending probe into tender
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli has suspended a senior rail official and ordered an investigation into possible irregularities in the awarding of a tender to build a standard gauge railway line, his office said on Tuesday.
U.N. says planning for Syria talks toward end of January
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, plans to convene peace talks in Geneva in about a month’s time, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
France drops plans to strip dual nationality in terrorism cases
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government has dropped plans announced shortly after the Nov. 13 Islamic State attacks on Paris to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases, a minister said on Tuesday.
Nepal’s Madhesis decide to press on with protests on India border
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Ethnic Madhesis in Nepal have vowed to continue with protests at border crossings with India after rejecting a government plan which they said did not meet their call for a redrawing of internal boundaries or offer adequate nation…
Greece recalls Prague ambassador after Czech president’s Grexit talk
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece on Tuesday recalled its ambassador to the Czech Republic for consultations after remarks by the Czech president that his country should not adopt the euro unless Greece left the single currency, a foreign ministry official sai…
Malala calls for end to Syrian war, welcomes Syrian campaigner to Britain
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England (Reuters) – Nearly two years after they met in a refugee camp in Jordan, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday welcomed the Syrian schoolgirl activist Muzoon Almellehan to her new home in northern England.
Egypt hires consultancy to check airport security after Russia crash
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has hired global consultancy Control Risks to review security at its airports after the crash of a plane carrying Russian holidaymakers that killed all 224 aboard and damaged the country’s tourism industry.
Iraqi troops storm into center of Islamic State-held Ramadi
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s armed forces stormed the center of Ramadi on Tuesday, a spokesman for the counter-terrorism units said, in a drive to dislodge Islamic State militants from their remaining stronghold in a city they captured in May.
Armed Russian police raid offices of Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Armed Russian police on Tuesday raided the offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by outspoken Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move they said was part of a criminal investigation into the former tycoon and his associates….
Spain’s Socialists face hard choices in aftermath of inconclusive election
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialists face a tough choice of allying with a rival party or triggering a new ballot after an inconclusive election on Sunday plunged the country into political uncertainty.
