U.S. envoy to Yemen to work from Jeddah after embassy’s closure
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Yemen will track Yemeni events from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia following last month’s closure of the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and editing techniques similar to footage from Islamic State.
Ukraine says return of Crimea a must for mending ties with Russia
TOKYO (Reuters) – No normalization of ties between Ukraine and Russia is likely unless the region of Crimea, now under Russian control, is returned to Kiev’s sovereignty, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Tuesday.
Syrian rebels reject U.N. envoy’s ceasefire plan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian rebels dealt a blow to a U.N. envoy’s proposal for a ceasefire in the northern city of Aleppo as his team headed there on Tuesday, saying the plan would only benefit the Syrian government at the expense of the opposition.
Russians stand in line to mourn by coffin of slain Nemtsov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians, many carrying red carnations, on Tuesday filed past the coffin of Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose killing last week, friends say, showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Pu…
U.N. Security Council sets up South Sudan sanctions regime
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday established a sanctions regime for South Sudan but stopped short of imposing worldwide travel bans and asset freezes on officials in the conflict-torn country or an arms embargo.
North Korea warns U.S. about pre-emptive strike ‘if necessary’
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said on Tuesday that his country had the power to deter an “ever-increasing nuclear threat” by the United States with a pre-emptive strike if necessary.
Influential Mozambican lawyer Cistac gunned down in taxi
MAPUTO (Reuters) – A gunman shot dead on Tuesday a prominent Mozambican lawyer who was viewed as sympathetic to opposition calls for decentralization of power in the resource-rich southern African country.
Hunger and frustration grow at Ebola ground zero in Guinea
MELIANDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou are painful reminders of the toll Ebola has taken on this village in southeast Guinea.
U.N. calls for accountability in Sri Lanka rights investigation
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United Nations urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to make sure it had strong systems for holding people accountable, as the island nation carried out its own investigations in abuses during a 26-year civil war.
