Merkel rules out arming Ukraine government but unsure peace push will work
MUNICH (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel on Saturday ruled out sending weapons to the Ukrainian government to fight pro-Russian separatists but said there was no guarantee that her latest peace initiative with French President Francois Hollande would…
Germany, Ukraine, U.S. begin meeting to discuss Ukrainian peace plan
MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany and Ukraine, and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, began a three-way meeting on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich on Saturday to discuss a peace plan for eastern Ukraine.
Nigeria’s ‘disgrace’ that neighbors must take on Boko Haram: Buhari
(This Feb 6 story fixes typo in Buhari’s first name in lead)
Turkish spymaster Fidan quits to contest parliamentary election: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – The head of Turkey’s intelligence service, Hakan Fidan, one of President Tayyip Erdogan’s closest confidants, has resigned to run in a parliamentary election in June, two senior Turkish officials said on Saturday.
North Korea test-fires new anti-ship cruise missile
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, images released by state media on Saturday showed, demonstrating the increased capability of the secretive state’s outdated navy.
Afghan families flee persecution in Pakistan after school attack: IOM
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of Afghan families are fleeing Pakistan to escape harassment after a deadly Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar last December, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan said on Saturday…
Kremlin talks on Ukraine yield little but agreement to keep talking
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany flew out of Moscow in the dead of night after five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, with little to announce to end fighting in Ukraine beyond a promise to keep talkin…
Kenya legislator shot dead in the capital
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead in the capital early on Saturday morning, in an incident likely to put pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government over insecurity in the east African nation.
Nine killed in Bangladesh fire bomb attacks on bus, truck
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least nine people, including two children, were burned alive in Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus and a truck in the latest spasm of worsening political violence, police said on Saturday.
Yemen’s Houthis dissolve parliament, assume power: televised statement
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement dissolved parliament on Friday and said a new interim assembly and government would be formed, a move denounced by a main political faction as a coup.
