U.N. draft calls for 12-month mission to verify Colombia peace deal
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday received a draft of a resolution that calls for establishing a U.N. mission to oversee disarmament should Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels reach a final …
Vice President Biden, Iraq’s Abadi discuss Turkish troop issue: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday discussed the urgency of mobilizing international support to stabilize the city of Ramadi, which the government recently retook from Islamic State…
Bomb kills nine in Cairo suburb as police raid hideout
CAIRO (Reuters) – Nine people, including six policemen, were killed on Thursday in a Cairo suburb near the pyramids when a makeshift bomb went off as police prepared to raid a militant hideout, security sources said.
Fearing genocide, ex-Burundi presidents plead for U.N. troops
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Two former Burundi presidents pleaded for the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to back the deployment of international troops to the African state gripped by political violence because it “runs the risk of becoming anot…
U.S. tightens visa waiver rules for visitors after Paris attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday began implementing restrictions to its Visa Waiver Program under a law passed after last year’s Paris attacks that makes it harder for citizens of some countries to visit.
India’s Modi may bet on old faces and new to regain winning ways
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may look to press the reset button on his leadership this spring to reinvigorate stalled economic reforms and appease critics, eyeing a mix of tried and tested allies and fresh blood, senior gov…
Israel says will seize West Bank land; demolishes EU structures
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international conde…
Obama promises Merkel to ‘substantially’ support refugee efforts: Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has promised German Chancellor Angela Merkel to “substantially” support efforts to ease the refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe, a German government spokesman said on Thursday.
Three migrants die in Lesbos from hypothermia after icy sea crossing
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A five-year-old child and two women died from hypothermia on the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday after crossing the Aegean from Turkey in freezing weather, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cres…
Pakistan attack raises tough question: should teachers shoot back?
CHARSADDA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Stuck with 15 of his students on a third floor balcony of a campus building as gunmen came up the stairs, university director Mohammad Shakil urged Pakistani police arriving at the scene to toss him up a gun so…
