Auschwitz bookkeeper admits ‘moral guilt’ at Holocaust trial
LUENEBURG, Germany (Reuters) – A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz who is accused of being an accessory to mass murder told a German court that he felt morally guilty for his work at the Nazi death camp, describing in detail the grisly killing…
U.N. refugee chief to visit Kenya to plan return of Somali refugees
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The head of the U.N. refugee agency will visit Kenya in early May to discuss plans to repatriate more than 335,800 Somali refugees following a massacre by Somali Islamists at a Kenyan university.
France warns Indonesia of damage to ties over death-row Frenchman
LONDON (Reuters) – Indonesia will face repercussions from France if it goes ahead with the execution by firing squad of a Frenchman convicted of drug offences, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
Israel sentences Belgian-Iranian to seven years’ jail for spying
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Belgian-Iranian man was sentenced to seven years in jail in Israel on Tuesday after being convicted of spying for Iran that included photographing the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv from his nearby hotel balcony.
Palestinian teen’s name added to Israeli memorial, riling families on both sides
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has added the name of a Palestinian teen to its “Monument to the Memory of the Victims of Terrorism”, upsetting the youth’s parents and a group representing families of slain Israelis with both demanding his name be removed…
South Africa sends soldiers to anti-immigrant hotspots
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa sent soldiers on Tuesday to help stop anti-immigrant violence in areas of Durban and Johannesburg where at least seven people have been killed in the past three weeks.
Somali militants kill at least 10 in car bomb attack on restaurant
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber from the Somali militant group al Shabaab on Tuesday rammed a car laden with explosives into a busy restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than a dozen others.
West tells Kosovo to create court to hear organ harvesting claims
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Europe and the United States urged Kosovo on Tuesday to create a special court to investigate allegations of organ harvesting by ethnic Albanian guerrillas, saying failure would allow Serb-ally Russia to take up the cause at the Un…
Kazakh leader to extend long rule, promises stability
ALMATY (Reuters) – President Nursultan Nazarbayev will extend his nearly 26-year rule of Kazakhstan in an election on Sunday which investors hope will maintain stability in the Central Asian state despite criticism of his rights record.
Iran sees Yemen ceasefire in coming hours
DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – Iran’s deputy foreign minister said he was optimistic that a ceasefire in Yemen would be announced later on Tuesday, in a sign diplomatic efforts may be underway to stop almost a month of Saudi-led bombing of Yemen’s Houthi grou…
