Hollande, Merkel call for rapid implementation of Minsk agreement
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to rapidly implement measures agreed under the Feb.12 Minsk ceasefire, Hollande’s office said in a statement.
Insurgents advance in areas around captured Syrian town: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Insurgents who captured the last government-held town in Syria’s Idlib province celebrated inside on Friday and made more advances in surrounding areas, in a further blow to the stretched army and allied militia.
Clashes force nearly 60,000 Malians from homes over last month: U.N.
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Fighting in northern Mali has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee their homes over the last four weeks, a United Nations aid agency said on Friday, highlighting the lack of peace despite a partial deal being signed earlier this month…
Croatia passes law to compensate war rape victims
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s parliament adopted a law on Friday granting compensation to rape victims in the 1991-95 war of independence from Yugoslavia.
Tighter border controls block African migrants in Italian Alps
BOLZANO, Italy (Reuters) – Some 200 mostly Eritrean migrants heading northwards from Italy were turned back by police in the Italian Alps on Friday and left sleeping in train stations as European countries tightened frontier checks before a global summ…
U.S. says China has placed mobile artillery on reclaimed island
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday that China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South China Sea, a development that Republican Sen. John McCain called “disturbing and escalatory.”
No radiation found after scare at India’s Delhi airport
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A scare at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport over a suspected radioactive leak turned out to be a false alarm on Friday as atomic inspectors gave the all clear.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad hotel bombs
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for bombings outside two heavily fortified five-star hotels in the Iraqi capital that killed 10 people.
Exclusive: Air France faces new safety probe after freighter takeoff scare
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France faces its second safety investigation in as many weeks after pilots were forced to recover in mid-takeoff after entering the wrong data into the computer of a cargo jet, airline and safety officials said.
After 50 years, stateless Shona still trapped in Kenya’s shadows
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a village on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, 53-year-old Margaret Maposa embroiders seat covers for a customer, sitting with her niece Elizabeth Moyo, who is weaving a multi-colored basket.
