U.N. and ICRC chide states for ‘paralysis’ in face of conflict
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer made what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” on Saturday for states to stop conflicts, respect international law and aid…
Special forces in Syria don’t mean USA entering civil war: Kerry
BISHKEK (Reuters) – A decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to send special forces to Syria is strictly focused on fighting Islamic State insurgents and does not signify the United States is entering the civil war there, U.S. Secretary of State John …
Palestinian wielding knife shot dead: Israeli police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, police said, as a month-long wave of violence showed no signs of abating.
Clashes at Burundi funeral procession kill one, stoking tensions
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least one man was killed and a dozen injured in clashes involving police and people in a bus who had been attending a funeral near Burundi’s capital, the police and witnesses said.
Marine Le Pen’s approval rating rises among French right-wing voters
PARIS (Reuters) – Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s approval rating has risen among those voters who describe themselves as right wing, one month ahead of regional elections, a BVA institute survey showed.
Publisher of slain blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – A publisher of a slain online critic of religious militancy was hacked to death on Saturday in the Bangladesh capital, police said, hours after similar attacks on two secular writers and another publisher in the majority-Muslim countr…
Congo polls must be delayed ‘2-4 years’: ruling coalition spokesman
LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo is not ready for a series of elections, including a presidential vote, scheduled over the next year and the voting calendar should be pushed back by up to four years, a r…
United Nations says two contractors detained in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Saturday two contractors with the world body had been detained in Yemen, but gave no further details on the incident.
11 killed as Pakistanis vote in local government polls
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Eleven people were killed when rival political parties fired on each other on Saturday as Pakistanis voted in local elections seen as a referendum on the national government halfway through its term.
Two bomb blasts on Tanzania’s Zanzibar after disputed vote, no injuries
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded minutes apart in the main city on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago on Saturday without causing casualties, police and witnesses said, adding to tensions on the islands after a disputed electio…
