Libya’s presidential council names new government amid divisions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s Presidential Council announced a new government on Tuesday aimed at uniting the warring factions, though two of its nine members rejected it in a sign of continuing divisions over its U.N.-backed plan for a political transitio…
India must strengthen planned law to protect transgender people, says rights group
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s draft law aimed at protecting the rights of the transgender community must be strengthened to allow people to be legally recognized by self identification rather than based on the opinions of experts, Hu…
Two dead in suspected Yemen drone strike, coalition orders ships out
ADEN (Reuters) – Two people were killed in eastern Yemen on Tuesday in what local residents said was probably an attack by a U.S. drone on al Qaeda members, and Saudi-led coalition warships appeared to be preparing to move against a port held by milita…
EU’s Tusk warns Europe has two months to tackle migration crisis
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk issued a stark warning on Tuesday that the European Union had “no more than two months” to tackle the migration crisis engulfing the 28-nation bloc or else face the collapse of its p…
Iran’s Khamenei welcomes sanctions lift, warns of U.S. ‘deceit’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday welcomed the lifting of international sanctions against Iran, but warned that Tehran should remain wary of its old enemy the United States.
Cyprus leaders to make joint Davos appeal for peace support
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The leaders of the divided island of Cyprus will make an unprecedented joint appeal to the world’s political and business elite in Davos on Thursday to support their efforts to reach a settlement to their decades-old disp…
Fighting between Syrian army, Islamic State kills scores: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said scores of Syrian government forces have been killed in three days of fighting with Islamic State in the east of the country, where the jihadist group has attacked government-held are…
Refugees in Malawi face food aid cuts amid funding drought
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Food supplies for thousands of African refugees at a camp in central Malawi are running out fast, U.N. agencies warned on Tuesday, appealing for urgent funds to provide full rations for the coming year.
Money laundering probe targets Mexican actress in ‘El Chapo’ case
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has opened a money laundering investigation into the actress who helped Hollywood star Sean Penn conduct an interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a senior official said in an interview published on Tuesday.
Children on Syrian refugee route could freeze to death: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Thousands of refugee children traveling along the migration route through Turkey and southeastern Europe are at risk from a sustained spell of freezing weather in the next two weeks, the United Nations and aid agencies said on Tuesda…
