Exclusive: U.S. to leave more troops in Afghanistan than first planned – sources
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left in the NATO mission by other contributing nations, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Libyan PM says government responsible for bombing Tripoli airport
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally-recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said his government’s air force was responsible for strikes on the airport of the capital Tripoli, controlled by a rival administration, a statement said o…
Kenya police fire teargas at protest on security at president’s office
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police used teargas to disperse demonstrators shouting “President, Stop the killings!” outside President Uhuru Kenyatta’s offices on Tuesday, in a protest over 28 people killed in a weekend attack claimed by Islamist militant…
Insight: Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – After nine months of non-stop German diplomacy to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, Chancellor Angela Merkel decided in mid-November that a change of tack was needed.
France postpones decision on delivery of Mistral carriers
PARIS (Reuters) – France suspended indefinitely on Tuesday delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter carrier warships to Russia, citing conflict in eastern Ukraine where the West accuses Moscow of fomenting separatism.
Sudan says shuts U.N. peacekeepers’ Darfur rights office in Khartoum
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan has shut the human rights office of the joint United Nations-African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping mission in Darfur, the foreign ministry said, amid tension over allegations of mass rape by Sudanese troops in the troubled regi…
UK boosts security service funding to help prevent ‘lone wolf’ attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will increase spending on its security services to try to prevent so-called ‘lone-wolf’ attacks against the country, Prime Minister David Cameron said after the release of a report into the 2013 killing of a soldier in London…
Swiss police smash drug-smuggling ring, seize 55 kg of heroin
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss police have arrested 15 people and seized 55 kg of heroin in raids to smash an international network smuggling drugs from Turkey to the Alpine country, police said on Tuesday.
Pakistani man shoots niece for listening to loud music
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani man shot dead his teenage niece because she was listening to loud music, police said on Tuesday.
Chinese police again probe acquitted death row prisoner: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police are investigating a former death row prisoner and curbing his movements, three months after he was acquitted of the charge of poisoning two children, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
