Slow start revives doubts about Congo campaign against Rwandan rebels
KASHUGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The government soldiers manning an outpost high above the town of Kashuga have a panoramic view of the hills and valleys of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, home to hundreds of Rwandan Hutu rebels …
Yemeni president demands Houthis quit Sanaa; U.S. evacuates remaining forces
ADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi accused the Iranian-allied Houthi militia on Saturday of staging a coup against him and appealed to the United Nations for “urgent intervention”, even as the United States evacuated its remaining forces.
Chinese envoy due in India for Himalayan border row talks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Chinese envoy will hold talks in India from Sunday aimed at fixing a dispute about the Himalayan border that divides Asia’s largest nations, part of a push to make progress on the festering row before Prime Minister Narendra Mod…
Fearing Islamic State, some Afghan Shi’ites seek help from old enemies
KABUL (Reuters) – Even by Afghanistan’s standards of often-shifting alliances, a recent meeting between ethnic Hazara elders and local commanders of the Taliban insurgents who have persecuted them for years was extraordinary.
Former senior China police chief detained on suspicion of murder: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – The former police chief of the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has been detained on suspicion of murder, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, citing public security authorities.
Pakistan says 80 militants killed in heavy Khyber clashes
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani troops killed 80 militants in heavy clashes in the lawless northwest, near the mountainous border with Afghanistan, a spokesman said on Sunday, while the Pakistani Taliban said at least six soldiers had been killed.
Libya’s official government bombs capital, commander loyal to Tripoli killed
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s official government conducted air strikes on Saturday against airports and a military camp in the capital Tripoli, controlled by a rival government, and killed a senior commander loyal to that government, off…
Iran rejects ‘bullying’ as West stresses unity in nuclear talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s top leader voiced mistrust on Saturday of U.S. efforts to reach a nuclear deal, even as Washington and its allies spoke of real progress and urged Tehran to take “difficult decisions”.
Obama says it is now ‘hard to find a path’ on Israeli-Palestinian peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a fresh rebuke to Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama said the Israeli leader’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it “hard to find a path” toward serious negotiatio…
Iraqi Sunnis accuse Shi’ite paramilitaries of burning homes outside Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two Iraqi local officials and a police officer accused Shi’ite paramilitary forces on Saturday of burning and looting homes in the town of al-Dour after capturing the area during a military campaign to oust Islamic State fighters.
