Police give all clear after Saudi, Qatar missions to U.N. evacuated
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police cleared a suspicious package on Tuesday that had led to the evacuation of a building opposite the United Nations headquarters in New York that houses the U.N. missions of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
U.N. invites warring parties to Syria talks this week
AMMAN/BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations invited Syria’s government and opposition to peace talks in Geneva on Friday, but Saudi-backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have yet to decide whether to drop their objections to taking part….
South Korea says suspects North Korea may have attempted cyber attacks
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Wednesday it suspected North Korea of attempting cyber attacks against targets in the South, following a nuclear test by the North this month that defied United Nations sanctions.
Brazil sees worst decline in global corruption rankings
BERLIN (Reuters) – Brazil suffered the sharpest deterioration in public perceptions of corruption last year, global watchdog Transparency International (TI) said in its annual report published on Wednesday that showed graft remains pervasive worldwide….
More than 1,200 boat migrants rescued off Libya on Tuesday: Italian coast guard
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s coast guard said on Tuesday it had coordinated the rescue of 1,271 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in several operations off the coast of Libya.
Aristide has behind-the-scenes role in Haiti’s new crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – His name is not on any ballot paper and he was toppled from power 12 years ago but the shadow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide still looms over Haiti and his supporters are at the center of a new crisis in the impoverished country.
Al Qaeda group releases video of Swiss hostage: monitor
DAKAR (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video of a Swiss nun who had been kidnapped in northern Mali nearly three weeks ago in the first claim of responsibility for the hostage-taking, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
Burkina Faso army arrests dozens of suspects after armory raid
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s army has arrested a total of about 40 suspects after an armory raid last week on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Venezuela’s economic crisis will sink Maduro: opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to complete his six-year term, and could even be replaced this year, as Venezuela’s economic crisis worsens, the head of the new opposition-led congress said on Tuesday.
German Jews fear rising antisemitism during Mideast refugee influx
BERLIN (Reuters) – When Judith G. helped out at a refugee center near Frankfurt last October and identified herself as Jewish, she was spat on and insulted.
