Burundi considers response after African nations seek vote delay
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi officials will discuss their response on Tuesday to a call by African nations to delay a presidential election by two weeks to July 30, a presidential spokesman said.
‘Real risk’ of famine in Yemen as death toll passes 3,000
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Conflict-ridden Yemen, where more than 3,000 people have been killed and one million displaced since war broke out in March, is at risk of famine, aid chiefs said on Tuesday, the day after the conflict’s highest on…
New UN development goals will drive nations ‘nuts’: Indian economist
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian economist and member of a key government panel which formulates policy on social issues slammed the United Nations’ new development goals on Tuesday, saying that having so many goals and targets would …
Quake-hit Nepal gears up to tackle stunting in children
THECHO, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shanti Maharjan, who gave birth to a baby girl 10 days ago, has spent the last two months living under corrugated iron sheets with her husband and five others after two major earthquakes reduced her mud-and-…
German Vice-Chancellor takes swipe at Britain over asylum seekers
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel criticized Britain on Tuesday for not taking part in a European plan to share the burden of taking in desperate people fleeing war and poverty in North Africa and the Middle East.
French forces kill commander with al Qaeda branch in Mali
PARIS/NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – France’s army confirmed on Tuesday that its special forces had killed a prominent commander with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group’s north African branch, during a weekend operation in the northern Mali regi…
Former Yara executives sentenced to prison in corruption case
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian court sentenced four former top executives at Yara, the world’s biggest nitrate fertilizer maker, to prison on Tuesday for paying bribes in Libya and India, in one of Norway’s biggest corruption scandals.
EU extends suspension of sanctions on Iran until July 10
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union extended the suspension of sanctions on Iran until July 10 to allow ongoing talks on a long-term nuclear agreement with it to succeed, it said on Tuesday.
South China Sea dispute between China, Philippines heads to court
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Philippines argued at a closed hearing on Tuesday that an international court should intervene in its dispute with China over the right to exploit natural resources and fish in the South China Sea.
Spain arrests woman for recruiting girls for Islamic State
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a woman in the Canary Islands on suspicion of recruiting adolescent girls to join Islamic State in Syria, the interior ministry said.
