Nepal tells U.N. to destroy low quality food meant for quake survivors
KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations must destroy hundreds of tonnes of substandard food it imported for distribution to survivors of the recent earthquakes in Nepal, a senior Nepali government official said on Monday.
Drop Srebrenica genocide resolution, Bosnian Serb leader urges U.N.
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – A top Bosnian Serb politician urged the United Nations on Monday to abandon plans for a British-drafted resolution on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, saying its adoption by the world body would only deepen ethnic divisions …
Exclusive: In turf war with Afghan Taliban, Islamic State loyalists gain ground
SURKH DEWAL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Fighters loyal to Islamic State have seized substantial territory in Afghanistan for the first time, witnesses and officials said, wresting areas in the east from rival Taliban insurgents in a new threat to stabilit…
U.S. raid on Afghan weapons cache incites protests
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. forces conducted a raid to destroy a cache of weapons north of Kabul, the Afghan capital, early on Monday morning, a U.S. army spokesman said, giving rare details of unilateral activity in Afghanistan.
Tunisia arrests suspects associated with beach hotel attacker
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities have arrested a group of suspects associated with the gunman who killed 39 people, mainly British tourists, in an attack on a beach hotel, the interior minister said on Monday.
Suicide blast in Chad capital kills 11 during police raid
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram fighters blew themselves up during a police raid in Chad’s capital early on Monday, killing five officers and six militants, police and government officials said.
UAE sentences Emirati woman to death for killing U.S. teacher
DUBAI (Reuters) – A United Arab Emirates court on Monday sentenced a UAE woman to death for the Islamist-inspired killing of an American kindergarten teacher in December, the state news agency WAM said.
Number of Britons killed in Tunisia attack likely to rise to 30: PM spokeswoman
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of Britons confirmed killed by an Islamist gunman in Tunisia last Friday has risen to 18 from 15 and the final death toll is likely to increase to around 30 people, a spokeswoman for British Prime Minister David Cameron sa…
UK says Argentine plan to seize Falklands oil driller assets ‘unlawful’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday any attempt by Argentina to seize the assets of oil drillers operating in the disputed Falkand Islands would be unlawful after Buenos Aires said it would pursue a local judge’s order against six firms.
Yemen’s Houthis shell Aden refinery for second time: official
SANAA (Reuters) – Houthi forces in Yemen have shelled the refinery in the southern city of Aden for the second time in three days, an official at the facility said, hitting an empty fuel tank with a rocket.
