Burundi to hold talks, free prisoners to try to stem violence
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi is to hold political talks to try to end months of violence, President Pierre Nkurunziza said on Tuesday after meeting U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
France’s Le Pen raises pressure on daughter, hints at rival bid
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen threatened his daughter Marine on Tuesday with launching a rival movement if she refused to accommodate ultra-conservative militants within the National Front party which she now leads.
French judge views Calais ‘jungle’ before migrants’ appeal
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – A French judge toured a crowded shanty town known as “the jungle” near the northern port of Calais before her court hears an appeal on Tuesday against a government decision to demolish half of the camp for migrants trying to …
Nigeria to train thousands of unemployed Delta youths
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria plans to train as many as 10,000 youths a year for skilled work in the Delta region to try to stop them attacking and stealing oil from pipelines, the minister for the Niger Delta, Usani Uguru Usani, said on Monday.
Train crash in Netherlands kills driver, injures seven: mayor
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The driver of a train that collided with a crane and came off the rails at crossing in the Netherlands on Tuesday died in the crash and seven other people were injured, the mayor of a nearby town said.
Israeli city frets about chemical depot after Hezbollah threat
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The mayor of Haifa implored Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday to remove an industrial chemical depot from the northern city, saying a veiled threat by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia to shell the site put as many as a million people …
U.S. air strikes aid Afghan forces against Islamic State
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan forces backed by U.S. air strikes have killed dozens of insurgents loyal to Islamic State this week as they continue a push into areas occupied by the radical group, officials said on Tuesday.
British business bosses say exit from EU would hit economy and jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – The bosses at more than a third of Britain’s biggest companies including oil giants Shell and BP and its largest telecoms group said leaving the European Union would put the economy at risk, backing Prime Minister David Cameron’s cal…
U.N. denounces restrictions of refugees, calls for unity in Europe
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday decried “restrictive practices” imposed by countries including Austria, Slovenia and Macedonia, and called on Europe to have a coordinated approach to share responsibility in the crisis.
Turkish PM says Syrian Kurdish militia taking orders from PKK
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia was taking orders from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group waging an insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey’s southeast.
