Sierra Leone army confines troops to barracks amid political crisis
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s army chief on Monday ordered soldiers to remain in their barracks and warned them to steer clear of a political crisis that has erupted following the controversial dismissal of the West African nation’s vice-presiden…
Greek PM Tsipras to visit Germany’s Holocaust memorial
BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Germany’s Holocaust memorial on Tuesday on the second day of his visit to the country that his radical leftist government has demanded pay World War Two reparations, his office said on …
Eight killed in air strike as Libya government aims to recapture capital
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the U.S. ambassador said, as Libya’s internationally recognized government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival fac…
Poll shows most Brazilians favor Rousseff’s impeachment
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A majority of Brazilians favor impeaching President Dilma Rousseff due to an economic slump and a snowballing corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras, according to a poll released on Monday.
Suspected bomb makers killed in northern Mali blast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – One or two suspected bomb makers were killed in the northern Mali town of Gao on Monday when the explosives they were handling detonated prematurely, local residents and a security official said.
Israel’s Steinitz says world powers, Iran likely to agree bad nuclear deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it was probable that world powers and Iran would agree a “bad deal” on Tehran’s nuclear program and it would do all it could to toughen any accord before talks resume this week.
U.S. to fund Afghan forces at peak level through 2017: officials
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – The United States will keep funding Afghan security forces at the targeted peak personnel level of 352,000 at least through the 2017 fiscal year, extending a financial commitment that has cost about $4 billion annually, U.S….
Tsipras, Merkel display goodwill, little sign of debt progress
BERLIN (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put on a public display of mutual goodwill on Monday, appealing to Greeks and Germans to set aside recrimination and national stereotypes and work for a better E…
In Tunisia’s tourist heartland, anxious wait after attack
YASMIN HAMMAMET, Tunisia (Reuters) – The European visitors strolling Tunisia’s Hammamet resort are an encouraging sign for a government determined to minimize the fallout of last week’s shooting of 20 tourists in the nearby capital.
U.N. watchdog says progress limited on Iran nuclear inquiry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.N. atomic watchdog has had limited progress in its inquiry into possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear activities, the agency’s chief said on Monday, days ahead of an approaching deadline for a framework deal betwee…
