U.N. urges deployment of more peacekeepers to South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Sudan is at risk of sinking into a cycle of revenge killings on a large scale, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he recommended an extra 1,100 peacekeepers be deployed to the world’s youngest nation.
EU-Turkey summit on migration called for Sunday, Nov. 29: EU council head
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leaders of the European Union and Turkey will meet in Brussels next Sunday for talks on how to handle the migration crisis and improve relations between the EU and Ankara, the summit’s chairman Donald Tusk said on Twitter on Monday…
Kerry calls for calm as Palestinian attacks on Israelis surge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian knifed an Israeli soldier to death in the occupied West Bank on Monday and in Jerusalem two Palestinian girls stabbed an elderly man with scissors before a policeman shot them both, killing one, attacks that stirred …
Paris to protect water supply from attack during climate summit
PARIS (Reuters) – France is to protect water systems from attack during the global climate summit that begins in Paris on Nov. 30 with up to 45,000 people, including 138 heads of state, attending just over two weeks after Islamist militants struck in t…
Armed vigilantes in Burundi’s capital expose deepening crisis
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – As darkness falls, vigilantes armed with automatic rifles emerge to patrol the streets of Bujumbura, a city plagued by killings and violence as Burundi’s crisis deepens.
Australian war graves in London desecrated for second time this year
LONDON (Reuters) – Graves of Australian soldiers killed in World War One have been daubed with graffiti for the second time in seven months in London.
Three Kenyan soldiers wounded in blast claimed by al Shabaab
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Three Kenyan soldiers were wounded, one of them critically, when their vehicle was hit in eastern Kenya by a roadside bomb that the Somali Islamist al Shabaab group said it had planted.
Egypt’s remaining Islamist party cries foul as it flops in election
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Nour Party, the only Islamist group to escape a crackdown on dissent after the Muslim Brotherhood’s overthrow two years ago, is now blaming state tactics for its dismal performance in parliamentary elections.
Somali pirates hijack Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew, says official
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel with 15 crew members, a Somali official and a maritime expert said on Monday amid warnings that piracy might be making a comeback in the Indian Ocean.
Pro-Ukraine activists block repair of sabotaged power lines to Crimea
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged power lines leading to Crimea on Monday, keeping the Russian-annexed peninsula starved of electricity for a second day and tensions between Moscow and Kiev high.
