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.
Kerry meets Iran minister in Munich on nuclear talks
MUNICH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for more than an hour on Friday to discuss developments in nuclear negotiations between Tehran and major world powers, which have been at an im…
Egyptian military kills 47 militants in the Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces killed 47 Islamic militants in the country’s Northern Sinai on Friday in one of the biggest operations in the region in months, security sources said.
U.S. security adviser Rice pledges help for Sri Lanka ‘transition’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States pledged on Friday to assist Sri Lanka’s new government in creating a more open and democratic society.
Islamic State says U.S. hostage killed in air strike in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State said on Friday that an American woman hostage it was holding in Syria was killed when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a building where she was being held, but Jordan expressed doubt about the Islamist militant group’s acc…
Niger forces kill 109 Boko Haram militants in battle: state TV
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s forces killed 109 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Friday as they repulsed attacks on the southeastern town of Bosso, near the Nigerian border, Niger state television said.
