Mediator says South Sudan rivals agree to end war
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s warring parties committed to stop fighting and bring their months-long conflict to an end without conditions, the chief mediator for regional African group IGAD said on Saturday after two days of talks in the Ethio…
U.S. urges Europe, Asia to do more for U.N. peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States is urging countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia to commit more to U.N. peacekeeping operations around the world as Washington considers where it might be able to do the same, the U.S. envoy to the Unit…
U.N. sanctions Yemen’s ex-President Saleh, two rebel leaders
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council imposed targeted sanctions on Friday on Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and two senior Houthi rebel leaders for threatening the peace and stability of the country and obstructin…
Britain says halves EU budget bill, critics cry foul
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain claimed victory on Friday in a budget battle with the European Union, saying it would pay only half of what Brussels had demanded, but EU officials said payment had merely been delayed and euro-sceptic critics accused minis…
Peru’s jailed ex-President Fujimori makes second plea for house detention
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s jailed former President Alberto Fujimori made a second bid to be held under house arrest on Friday, saying he fears the 25-year prison sentence he is serving for human rights abuses and corruption will lead to his “slow death” b…
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops again over holy site
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem’s holiest site.
Syrian activists share photo of children said killed in U.S. strike
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian activists shared a photo on social media on Friday of two children they said were killed in U.S. air strikes on Wednesday night which Washington said targeted an al Qaeda-linked militant faction.
Obama authorizes 1,500 additional U.S. troops for deployment to Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday authorized the U.S. military to deploy up to 1,500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants, the White House said.
United Nations says South Sudan impounds peacekeeping cargo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday that South Sudanese security personnel had impounded four trucks carrying armored vehicles and equipment for peacekeepers in the capital Juba and assaulted the drivers, accusing them of trans…
Sarkozy urges French center-right to re-invent itself
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, back in politics after a two-year retirement, announced plans on Friday to revamp his center-right UMP party if named this month as its chairman.
