South African government loses appeal over failure to arrest Bashir
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the government against a ruling that the state had made an error in letting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country despite a court order barring …
Iranians to vote in April for parliament run-offs: state radio
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran will hold run-off elections next month for 69 parliamentary seats where no candidate secured 25 percent of votes cast in a general election on Feb. 26, state radio said on Tuesday.
Saudi coalition reaffirms pause in Yemen border fighting
RIYADH (Reuters) – The spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen on Tuesday said the pause in the fighting on the border between the two countries was continuing, as was work on clearing land mines, in comments reported by al-Arabiya al-H…
Greek PM sees ‘no chance’ Balkan route will reopen, migrants must move to shelters
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday there was “no chance” border shutdowns throughout the Balkans would be lifted and urged refugees to move to reception centers set up by the state.
Islamic State claims murder of Muslim preacher in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for murdering a Muslim preacher in Bangladesh, an online group that monitors extremist activity said on Tuesday, the latest killing declared by the militant group in the South Asian nation.
Ukrainian party has buried idea of technocrat government: president’s party
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s reformist Samopomich party has effectively buried lawmakers’ plans to replace Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government with a technocrat cabinet, a senior lawmaker in President Petro Poroshenko’s party said on Tuesday.
Somali militants seize small port in Puntland region
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized a small port in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, the latest sign of a resurgence in activity by the Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa nation.
Brexit camp can’t count on family ties to bind for trade
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Brexit cheerleaders are heading for a cold shoulder if they think the mother country can waltz into the warm embrace of her English-speaking siblings and win free trade deals with them.
India says number of child workers declined 60 percent in 10 years
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of child laborers aged 14 or below in India dropped to 4.5 million in 2011 from 12.6 million a decade before, said the country’s labor minister, urging lawmakers to approve planned changes to existing…
Putin says Russians to start withdrawing from Syria, as peace talks resume
MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin announced out of the blue on Monday that “the main part” of Russian armed forces in Syria would start to withdraw, telling his diplomats to step up the push for peace as U.N.-mediated talks resumed on …
