Central African Republic president aide says focus now on peace
DAKAR (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s newly elected president plans to focus on peace and disarmament in a country torn apart by years of war, his campaign director said on Monday.
Yemeni president appoints general to senior army post, state media report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday appointed a former senior figure in the country’s army as deputy supreme commander of the armed forces, state media reported.
Slovak leader says EU agreement may not stem migrant flow from Turkey
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – It is likely the numbers of migrants coming to Greece from Turkey will not drop in the coming weeks despite a European Union agreement and the EU should take steps to prepare new options, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on…
Bulgarian prime minister brushes aside death threats
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has received a letter with death threats, but said he was not worried and suggested the threats were result of his fight against corruption and smuggling.
Iranian media outlets add to bounty for killing Britain’s Rushdie
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book “The Satanic Verses”.
Uganda rights group receives hundreds of complaints from women about vote
KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A control center set up in Uganda to monitor violence against women and other obstacles preventing women from voting in last week’s presidential election said it had received nearly 600 complaints.
Islamic State rigs currency rates in Mosul to prop up finances
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul are manipulating the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and Iraqi dinars to squeeze money out of local people as coalition bombers attack the group’s finances.
EU agency says bad weather deters migrant arrivals in January
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Bad weather cut the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece, the main gateway to Europe, by 40 percent last month from December, the European Union’s border agency Frontex said on Monday.
Lebanon’s Hariri urges Saudi king not to abandon country
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Sunni politician Saad al-Hariri on Monday urged Saudi Arabia not to abandon Lebanon after it halted aid to the army, reflecting concerns that Riyadh is reducing support for a country that has been an arena for its struggle w…
Montenegro will have to close borders if neighbours do: PM
LONDON (Reuters) – Montenegro will have to close its borders to refugees and migrants to avoid being overwhelmed if other nearby countries do so, the country’s prime minister told Reuters on Monday.
