Houthis say Yemen’s Hadi has lost legitimacy, after president flees south
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s newly-dominant Houthi group said on Tuesday President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi had lost his legitimacy as head of state and was being sought as a fugitive from justice.
Chadian soldiers kill 207 Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria: army
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Soldiers from Chad killed 207 Boko Haram militants in fighting on Tuesday near a Nigerian town close to the border with Cameroon, Chad’s army announced in a statement.
Friction over India’s beef trade heats up after attacks
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Hindu nationalists in India have stepped up attacks on the country’s beef industry, seizing trucks with cattle bound for abattoirs and blockading meat processing plants in a bid to halt the trade in the world’s second-biggest exporte…
U.S. prepares draft threatening U.N. sanctions on South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday distributed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would establish a sanctions regime for war-torn South Sudan, but stopped short of proposing specific individuals to be blacklisted or an a…
Pipeline politics: new gas route revives Russian rivalry with West
BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (Reuters) – Thwarted in one attempt to build a gas pipeline to southeast Europe, the Kremlin is working with a small circle of allies to lay the groundwork for an alternative that would help it maintain leverage in its rivalry with the …
Congo army launches first strike against Rwandan rebels
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese government forces launched strikes against Rwandan Hutu rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, military officials said, in the first combat since last month’s announcement of a campaign to stamp out the group….
Ukraine rebels show weapons pullback; Kiev rejects ’empty words’
MAKIYVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russia separatists brought reporters on Tuesday to witness the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line in east Ukraine under a ceasefire deal, but Ukraine said the rebels were using the cover of the truce to re…
Gunmen kidnap Frenchwoman and Yemeni driver in Sanaa
SANAA (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped a Frenchwoman and her local driver in Yemen’s capital on Tuesday morning as she was on her way to work, Yemeni security sources and French authorities said.
Turkish warplanes crash in central province of Malatya, killing four
ANKARA (Reuters) – Two Turkish warplanes crashed during a training exercise on Tuesday in the central Turkish province of Malatya, killing all four crew, the military said.
Argentine spy at center of Nisman case accused of smuggling
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentine spy at the center of a scandal over last month’s death of a state prosecutor was accused on Tuesday of importing tonnes of contraband merchandise during his final years as head of the country’s counterintelligence…
