Libya reopens strike-hit oil port as U.N. convenes talks
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya reopened its oil port of Hariga on Tuesday, ending a strike by guards that had threatened to further slash exports as rival factions fight for control of the OPEC country.
Text, timing of Obama AUMF request for Islamic State still in works: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The final text of President Barack Obama’s request to Congress for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters is still in the works as talks with lawmakers continue, a source familiar with the White House’s outreac…
Exclusive: U.N. pauses support for Congo campaign against rebels over abuses
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has paused support to Congolese troops for operations against Rwandan rebels because two of the generals involved are accused of human rights abuses, a U…
Israel’s Netanyahu says will proceed with speech to U.S. Congress
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fending off criticism at home and abroad, said on Tuesday he remained determined to speak before the U.S. Congress next month on Iran’s nuclear program.
Russia’s Putin, Egypt’s Sisi say committed to fighting terrorism
CAIRO (Reuters) – United by a deep hostility toward Islamists, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Russia’s Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday they were both committed to fighting the threat of terrorism.
Brazil’s Rousseff under pressure but impeachment seen unlikely
BRASILIA (Reuters) – For the first time since a corruption scandal erupted at Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras last year, senior opposition politicians are publicly floating the possibility of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff.
Europe must save lives of people fleeing war: aid agencies
GENEVA (Reuters) – Inadequate European naval patrols in the Mediterranean will lead to ever more deaths from an increasing tide of desperate people fleeing wars in Africa and the Middle East, aid agencies say.
Strauss-Kahn denies knowing sex party women were prostitutes
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a French court on Tuesday he did not know the women at “festive and playful” sex parties he attended were prostitutes, saying that would have been too risky given his then-role as head of the IMF.
Syrian government launches offensive against rebels in south
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army gained ground from rebels in the south on Tuesday in what a monitoring group described as a large-scale offensive in the region backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters against insurgents including al Qaeda’s Syrian wing.
Iraqi Yazidis take revenge as Islamic State atrocities unearthed
NEAR ZUMAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Some members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority are turning on their Arab neighbours, staging deadly reprisals against Sunni villagers they believe collaborated in atrocities inflicted by Islamic State on their community.
