At least 25 people killed by militants in Nigeria’s northeast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants during raids on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning on three communities in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, military and police sources said.
OSCE mission to Ukraine seeks safe access to conflict area in east
KIEV (Reuters) – The OSCE’s special mission to Ukraine on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to all sides in the military conflict in Ukraine’s east to guarantee safe conditions for its monitors after one of its officers was wounded during an exchange of fire…
EU’s Mogherini in Tehran to talk nuclear deal, regional issues: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss implementation of a nuclear deal reached between Iran and six major powers aimed at curbing the country’s nuclear work in return for the lifting of sanctions, …
Rajapaksa ‘ready for struggle’ in Sri Lanka comeback bid
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa vowed on Tuesday to reclaim power in a general election, eight months after he was ousted as president, saying he was “ready for struggle” against an international war crimes investigation…
Obama heads to African Union at end of tour to build ties
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Barack Obama toured a U.S.-supported food factory in Ethiopia on Tuesday on the last leg of an Africa trip, before winding up his visit at the African Union where he will become the first U.S. president to address the 54-nation …
Japan approves increase in Fukushima compensation to $57 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Tuesday approved an increase in compensation payments for the Fukushima crisis to 7.07 trillion yen ($57.18 billion), as tens of thousands of evacuees remain in temporary housing more than four years after the disaster.
Cavorting, snorting British peer quits House of Lords
LONDON (Reuters) – A senior British peer said on Tuesday he was leaving the House of Lords, Britain’s unelected upper parliamentary chamber, after a newspaper published a video which it said showed him using cocaine and cavorting with prostitutes.
Bangladesh police arrest eight in crackdown on Islamist groups
DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh have arrested eight suspected militants, including the chief of the outlawed Jamaat-ul Mujahideen group, as authorities step up a crackdown on hardline Islamists.
Attack halts flow in natural gas pipeline from Iran to Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Saboteurs attacked a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey in Turkey’s eastern province of Agri late on Monday, halting the flow, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz and state gas company Botas said.
Rescuers find 13 dead migrants on packed boat off Libyan coast
ROME (Reuters) – Rescuers found 13 dead migrants on a boat off the coast of Libya with more than 500 others aboard, an Italian coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday, giving no details about how they had died.
