Qatar emir urges Gulf Arab solidarity amid regional turmoil
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s emir urged Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday to shake off a damaging rift over Islamist politics and work together to tackle common threats across the region.
Britain and Turkey vow closer cooperation on foreign fighters
ANKARA (Reuters) – Britain and Turkey will share more information on foreign fighters among the ranks of Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq to try to prevent them posing a threat when they return home, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday.
Ukraine accuses rebels of violating ‘Day of Silence’; Russian gas flows resume
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military accused separatists of violating an agreed “Day of Silence” in the country’s embattled east on Tuesday, an initiative that was seen as an attempt to forge a durable ceasefire paving the way to a new round of peace ta…
Ex-British Guantanamo inmate says CIA ‘torture’ report won’t help
LONDON (Reuters) – A former British inmate of Guantanamo Bay said CIA “torture” of terrorism suspects, detailed in a U.S. Senate report on Tuesday, had fueled violence and the rise of Islamic State and that cataloguing it wouldn’t help.
Irish government to accept motion to recognize Palestinian state
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government will accept a motion to be proposed by the opposition on Tuesday calling on parliament to recognize Palestine as a state, echoing similar recent symbolic decisions in other European Union countries.
Italy’s Renzi vows crackdown on corruption after Rome scandals
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi proposed changes to the law to crack down on corruption on Tuesday, after dozens of arrests last week uncovered a “Mafia Capitale” criminal network in Rome.
India clamps down on unregistered taxis after Uber rape claim
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India ordered state governments to halt the operations of all unregistered, web-based taxi companies on Tuesday after a female passenger reported she was raped in New Delhi by a driver contracted to U.S. cab company Uber.
UN says rich nations pledge to take 100,000 Syrian refugees
GENEVA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday that Western governments had heeded a call to take in more Syrian refugees from neighboring countries and estimated that, in all, more than 100,000 places would be offered in…
Sudan ceasefire talks end without deal as violence increases
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Sudanese government and rebels said they failed to agree on a ceasefire as three weeks of negotiations to end a three-year-long conflict concluded on Tuesday amid an uptick in violence.
Irish PM wins confidence vote amid slump in support
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny won a confidence motion with the full support of the government on Tuesday, but the first vote called over his three-and-half year premiership highlighted his and the coalition’s recent political troub…
