Boko Haram multinational force ready soon: Niger president
PARIS (Reuters) – A multinational force being set up to combat Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in the Lake Chad region will be operational in the coming weeks, Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Tuesday.
Yemen tribesmen kill 18 Houthi fighters in ambush: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Armed tribesmen killed 18 Houthi fighters in an ambush in Yemen’s central province of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in one of the deadliest ground attacks in over two months of war.
U.S.-led troops launch 15 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies launched 10 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and five in Syria since Monday morning, the U.S. military said.
Helicopter on quake relief mission crashes in Nepal
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A small helicopter on an earthquake relief mission crashed in high mountains in northeast Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least four people, the army said.
Egypt court postpones Mursi death sentence ruling: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court postponed on Tuesday issuing a final ruling over a death sentence recommendation for former Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and other top Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a case related to a 2011 mass jail break.
Burundi protesters on streets after African leaders seek poll delay
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Police fired on protesters who took to the streets of Burundi’s capital on Tuesday in renewed protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term in office, witnesses said.
Militants kill nine Afghan aid workers in night time attack
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Unidentified militants shot and killed nine Afghan employees of a Czech-backed aid group, People in Need, in an attack early on Tuesday in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, government officials said.
Former German Chancellor Kohl in intensive care: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, is in intensive care at a clinic in Heidelberg after surgery on his intestine, a magazine reported on Tuesday.
Gunmen attack airport in eastern Congo, seven dead
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked the airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, Goma, in an overnight raid in which four government soldiers and three suspected assailants were killed, a local official…
Russian firm to supply Iran S-300 missile system once deal agreed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state arms producer Almaz-Antey said on Tuesday it would supply Iran with the advanced S-300 missile system once a commercial agreement is reached.
