Burundi tells diplomats to stay neutral over unrest
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s government told diplomats on Tuesday to stay neutral and not side with protesters who accuse President Pierre Nkurunziza of violating the constitution by announcing he will seek a third term in office.
Bahrain says arrests 28 planning attacks in villages
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested 28 people who had been planning attacks in villages in the kingdom.
Italy PM defies critics with confidence vote on election law
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government said on Tuesday it would put its bitterly contested electoral reform to a confidence vote in parliament, forcing rebels in Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s center-left Democratic Party (PD) to back him or face new e…
Man who fought in Syria detained in Bosnia over police killing
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Two Bosnians, one of whom fought in Syria, were arrested on Tuesday in connection with an assault on a police station by a man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) that left one officer and the gunman dead and two policemen wo…
Indian, Afghan leaders pledge to fight militants, build trade
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s president called on Tuesday for regional cooperation to defeat militants, saying he wants to “make Afghanistan a graveyard of terror” but needs help from India, Pakistan and other neighbors.
Asia’s people smugglers exploit rising migration, raise trafficking fears: U.N.
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human smuggling networks are exploiting rising migration within Asia, leaving growing numbers of migrants at risk of being trafficked and abused, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
EU’s Mogherini, Iran’s Zarif to hold talks in New York on Tuesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York later on Tuesday for talks on Iran’s nuclear program and other issues, an EU official said.
Kurds arrest five over bombing outside U.S. consulate in Erbil
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish authorities have arrested five men they say carried out a car bombing on behalf of Islamic State that killed two people outside the U.S. consulate in their autonomous region of northern Iraq.
Saudi says arrests 93 Islamic State suspects, foils U.S. embassy attack
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State militant group, including two people who planned a failed suicide car bombing against the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Xenophobia row exposes rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The recall of Nigeria’s top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the two countries’ deep rivalry for economic and political dominance in Africa.
