Sarkozy’s drive to the right backfires in French polls
PARIS (Reuters) – This was going to be the landslide win that set Nicolas Sarkozy on a fast-track to regaining the French presidency in 2017. Or at least that was his plan.
U.N. urges Jordan to let 12,000 stranded Syrian refugees enter
GENEVA/AMMAN (Reuters) – The United Nations urged Jordan on Tuesday to allow in 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at the border in deteriorating humanitarian conditions and offered to help reinforce security at registration points.
Air France to resume Paris-Tehran flights after eight-year gap
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM will resume flights between Paris and Tehran from April 2016, the company said on Tuesday, the latest sign of improving ties between France and Iran five months after major powers agreed a deal over Iran’s nuclear progr…
Deposed former Central African Republic ruler Bozize barred from elections
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s (CAR) former president Francois Bozize, forced into exile two years ago, was not on the list of eligible candidates for this month’s elections, having said in August that he would return to stand.
Lake Chad suicide blasts stretch aid agencies, displaced ‘live in fear’
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A series of suicide bombings in Lake Chad in recent months, blamed on Boko Haram militants, has hindered healthcare and aid delivery and left tens of thousands of displaced people living in fear of further violence,…
Syrian army, allies advance closer to Aleppo highway
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces backed by Iranian troops edged closer to a major rebel-controlled highway south of Aleppo on Tuesday, pushing further into insurgent-held areas supported by heavy Russian air strikes.
France says ‘very attentive’ to Iran U.N. ballistic missile curbs
PARIS (Reuters) – France will pay close attention to ensure Iran respects a U.N. Security Council resolution banning it from ballistic missile tests, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday after U.S. officials said Tehran had conducted a new launch in No…
Most police in England, Wales ill-prepared to combat ‘honor’ crimes: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most police in England and Wales are not properly prepared to protect women from “honor” violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), the official body monitoring the police force said.
Nearly 100 protesters released from Burundi prison
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Nearly 100 Burundian protesters who opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza during months of violence in the capital Bujumbura have been released from prison, officials said on Tuesday, as the government held aid talks with European Uni…
U.S. general eager for Myanmar engagement, awaiting policy decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army’s commander in Asia said on Tuesday he was eager for closer ties to the military in Myanmar after elections that the pro-democracy opposition won by a landslide, but this would have to wait for a policy decision by …
