U.S. only training 60 Syrian fighters, about 1 percent of goal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was falling far behind plans to build a Syrian opposition force to battle Islamic State, disclosing that just 60 fighters were in training after U.S. vetting thinned the number of recruits.
Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed around 30 people in two blasts in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, witnesses and a state governor said, the latest attacks in a renewed offensive by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Two suicide bombers kill around 30 in northern Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed around 30 people in two blasts in northern Nigeria on Tuesday, witnesses and a state governor said, the latest attacks in a renewed offensive by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Migrant sailboat sinks in Aegean; one dead, 15 missing
ATHENS (Reuters) – One person died and at least 15 were missing in the Aegean sea on Tuesday after a sailboat carrying migrants sank in waters between Turkey and Greece, Greek authorities said.
Eritrea sees U.N. scrutiny, migrant exodus as part of ‘conspiracy’
GENEVA (Reuters) – A top Eritrean diplomat said human traffickers, not rights abuses, were driving people to leave the impoverished African country, after a U.N. body accused the government of presiding over forced labor, torture and other rights viola…
White House says ‘not enough’ Syrian rebels being trained
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that the 60 Syrian rebel fighters the Pentagon is training to battle Islamic State was “not enough” but said rebels were being carefully screened before being admitted into the program.
Pope urges Latin America to find unity through common faith
QUITO (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on people across Latin America to turn to their common Christian roots as an inspiration to resolve differences when he said Mass for nearly one million Catholics in the Ecuadorean capital on Tuesday.
EU tax havens obstacle to ending poverty, charity says
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two European tax havens receive more than a quarter of all global foreign direct investment, ActionAid said on Tuesday, calling for an international deal to tackle tax avoidance and reduce poverty.
Sierra Leone urged to ban FGM after backing women’s rights treaty
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sierra Leone’s decision to back an international treaty on the rights of women in Africa could lead to a new law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in a country where the practice is rife, campaigners said on …
Homegrown jihadists with Libya ties target Tunisia’s democracy
SOUSSE, Tunisia(Reuters) – In late 2013, two young Tunisians returned from a jihadi camp in Libya planning to blow themselves up among foreign tourists. It was a spectacular failure – one bomb malfunctioned; the other killed only the bomber on the sand…
