Zarif stresses benefits to Iran of framework nuclear deal
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran’s nuclear program will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday, stressing the benefits to Iran of t…
Shi’ite fighters leave Tikrit after looting: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Almost all Shi’ite paramilitaries had left Tikrit on Saturday after locals complained that some fighters had spent several days looting the Sunni city after helping retake it from Islamic State.
Kenyatta says campus attackers ’embedded’ in Kenya’s Muslim community
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were “deeply embedded” in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prev…
Russia and Red Cross appeal for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS/ADEN (Reuters) – Russia and the Red Cross appealed on Saturday for a military pause in Yemen to allow urgent humanitarian aid deliveries and evacuation of civilians after 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes and fighting in which hundreds of…
Pope tells Catholics at Easter vigil: seek truth, beauty and love
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Easter on Saturday night, urging them at a vigil Mass to shun indifference and boldly live their faith.
Pilots to be warned over icing after 2014 Mali air crash
PARIS (Reuters) – Aviation regulators are expected to issue new advice to pilots after investigations into the crash of an Air Algerie jet in Mali last July found it went out of control after being hit by ice as an anti-icing system remained switched o…
Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s delta state
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Militants of the Urhobo minority ethnic group blew up a natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta state in the early hours on Friday, a Nigerian official said on Saturday.
France halts search for bodies at Germanwings crash site
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.
Gunmen kidnap Romanian from Burkina Faso mine near Mali border
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer on Saturday from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali’s lawless desert north, the company and a security source said.
Greek finance minister to discuss reforms with IMF chief
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will meet International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday to discuss a set of planned reforms that Athens hopes will unlock much-needed bailout funds.
