Exclusive: South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians – U.N. panel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council should place an arms embargo on South Sudan, while the oil-rich country’s President Salva Kiir and a rebel leader qualify to be sanctioned over atrocities in a two-year civil war, U.N. sanc…
Haiti edges toward interim government after election collapse
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – President Michel Martelly is determined to leave office on the first day of Haiti’s carnival in two weeks even though he has no replacement, the prime minister said on Monday, making it likely an interim government will guide…
Quake of magnitude 6.3 strikes off Papua New Guinea
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Pacific Ocean nation of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Deals and warms words flow as Iranian president visits Europe
ROME (Reuters) – Italy and Iran signed billions of dollars of business deals on Monday at the start of a visit to Europe by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani aimed at rebuilding his nation’s ties with the West after years of economic sanctions.
U.N. seeks Syrian peace talks this week, opposition threatens boycott
BEIRUT/GENEVA – The United Nations said on Monday it would issue invitations for marathon Syrian peace talks to begin this week, but opposition groups signaled they would stay away unless the government and its Russian allies halt air strikes and lift …
U.N., El Salvador launch U.S.-backed anti-corruption program
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The U.N. on Monday announced a U.S.-financed pilot program to help fight corruption in El Salvador, a Central American country so torn by drugs and gang warfare that it ranks among the most violent in the world.
Syrian army seizes strategic town in Deraa province: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army on Monday recaptured from insurgents a strategic town in the southern province of Deraa after fierce fighting, securing its supply routes from the capital to the south, a monitoring group said.
Libya’s recognized parliament rejects U.N.-backed unity government
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized parliament voted on Monday to reject a unity government proposed under a United Nations-backed plan to resolve the country’s political crisis and armed conflict.
U.N. Security Council creates mission to verify Colombia peace deal
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved the creation of a U.N. mission of unarmed international observers to monitor disarmament should Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels reach a deal to end Latin Am…
Cameron and Merkel agree more work needed for February deal on EU reforms: spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on Monday and agreed there was more work to be done to reach a deal on a reformed relationship between Britain and the European Union, a spokesman for the British…
