Violence in Burundi imperils the region: U.N. representative
KIGALI (Reuters) – Growing violence in Burundi is a danger to the entire region and the international community must act to keep the crisis from escalating, the U.N.’s Special Representative for Central Africa said on Thursday.
Argentine ex-president a no-show at trial over bombing cover-up
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Former Argentine President Carlos Menem failed to appear Thursday at the opening of his trial for allegedly conspiring to derail an investigation into the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
Kerry says U.S. will not accept restrictions in South China Sea
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday accused China of restricting navigation and overflights in the disputed South China Sea, despite giving assurances that such movements would not be impeded.
Suicide bomber kills 15 in Saudi security site mosque
CAIRO (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people in an attack on a mosque used by members of a local security force in southwest Saudi Arabia on Thursday, the interior ministry said, an assault that an online statement said was carried out …
U.S. reports 27 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and it allies conducted 27 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.
Sierra Leone court acquits 13 soldiers accused of mutiny
FREETOWN (Reuters) – A military court in Sierra Leone has acquitted 13 soldiers accused of plotting to seize and kill President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2013.
More than 200 feared dead in sinking of migrant boat
PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.
U.N. says to convene more Libya peace talks August 10
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations will convene a new round of talks in Geneva on Aug. 10 aimed at ending the conflict and political crisis in Libya, the U.N. mission in Libya said on Thursday.
Syria’s Western-backed opposition due in Moscow next week: source
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The main Western-backed Syrian opposition, long distrustful of Russia over its backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is due to visit Moscow next week amid a renewed diplomatic push to settle the conflict, a source and Russian …
Remains of two Japanese climbers on Matterhorn identified after 45 years
GENEVA (Reuters) – The remains of two young Japanese climbers missing on the Matterhorn mountain since a 1970 snow storm in the Swiss Alps have been identified through DNA testing of their relatives, police said on Thursday.
