U.N. extends Darfur peacekeeping mission amid withdrawal calls
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended for another year a peacekeeping mission to protect civilians and ensure aid delivery in Sudan’s remote western region of Darfur despite calls by Khartoum to withdraw the …
France bets on Arab Sunni states as Iran nuclear deal nears
VIENNA (Reuters) – France has asked its firms to prepare a return to Iran ahead of a likely deal with powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, but Paris’ tough stance in talks and ties with Sunni Arab states means its “love-hate” relationship with Iran…
U.S. says absurd to suggest that it will cave in Iran talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States on Monday rejected criticism that world powers negotiating a nuclear agreement with Iran have been making too many compromises, saying it hoped to get a good deal but was not certain that was achievable.
Afghanistan and U.N. agency agree on police funding plan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan and the United Nations have reached agreement to transfer to Kabul’s control a controversial multi-billion dollar fund intended to rebuild the police force and pay officers, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) said on Mo…
Turkey to take ‘necessary measures’ on border security: PM Davutoglu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey was prepared for all necessary measures to tackle security threats along its borders, highlighting Ankara’s growing anxiety about conflict near its southern frontier in Syria.
Israel says asked Syrian rebels not to harm Druze
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it had made humanitarian aid to select Syrian rebel groups on its border conditional on their undertaking not to harm the Druze minority in the country’s civil war.
Armenians continue protest despite suspension of power price rise
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Thousands of Armenians launched a second week of protests on Monday against a hike in electricity prices, rejecting the government’s concession to suspend the increase temporarily.
Kenya in court after botched abortion injures raped 15-year-old
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The mother of a 15-year-old rape survivor, who needs a kidney transplant following a botched backstreet abortion, filed a case against Kenya’s government on Monday for denying women and girls safe access to termin…
Hungarian police use tear gas to break up clashes at migrant camp
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian police fired tear gas to subdue hundreds of people fighting each other and throwing rocks in an overcrowded camp for migrants in the eastern city of Debrecen, authorities said.
Italy begins to recover hundreds of migrant bodies from shipwreck
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s navy said on Monday it had begun to recover the bodies of up to 800 migrants from a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean three months ago, a tragedy that prompted the European Union to expand sea rescue operations.
