Indian, Afghan leaders pledge to fight militants, build trade
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s president called on Tuesday for regional cooperation to defeat militants, saying he wants to “make Afghanistan a graveyard of terror” but needs help from India, Pakistan and other neighbors.
Asia’s people smugglers exploit rising migration, raise trafficking fears: U.N.
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human smuggling networks are exploiting rising migration within Asia, leaving growing numbers of migrants at risk of being trafficked and abused, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
EU’s Mogherini, Iran’s Zarif to hold talks in New York on Tuesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York later on Tuesday for talks on Iran’s nuclear program and other issues, an EU official said.
Kurds arrest five over bombing outside U.S. consulate in Erbil
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish authorities have arrested five men they say carried out a car bombing on behalf of Islamic State that killed two people outside the U.S. consulate in their autonomous region of northern Iraq.
Saudi says arrests 93 Islamic State suspects, foils U.S. embassy attack
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State militant group, including two people who planned a failed suicide car bombing against the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Xenophobia row exposes rivalry between South Africa and Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The recall of Nigeria’s top diplomat after a spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa follows several similar spats that expose the two countries’ deep rivalry for economic and political dominance in Africa.
Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders to kick start peace talks
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Greek Cypriots unveiled measures on Tuesday to boost trust across the ethnically divided island, and announced that rival leaders would hold their first meeting in months on May 2.
Bodies of six displaced Sunni men found dumped in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The bodies of six displaced Sunni men were found dumped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad early on Tuesday with bullet wounds to the head, police sources and the head of the tribe to which they belonged said.
Explosion at radio station in central Nigeria kills four: police
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – An improvised explosive device detonated at a radio station in the central Nigerian state of Kogi Monday night killing at least four people, police said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia arrests 93 Islamic State suspects: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested 93 people suspected of belonging to the Sunni Muslim militant group Islamic State, including at least 65 Saudi nationals, the interior ministry said in a statement carried on the official Saudi Press Agency o…
