Iraq reconciliation would help counter Islamic State – U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led air war against Islamic State militants has frozen the immediate threat from that group, and now is the time for Iraq’s Shi’ite-dominated government to mend its rift with disenfranchised Sunnis, U.S. military officia…
France’s Sarkozy refuses anti-National Front blockade
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy told supporters to back whoever they wanted in a by-election putting a National Front candidate against a Socialist rival, veering from a mainstream party tradition of recommending anyone but th…
U.N. chief warns South Sudan’s warring leaders to put people first
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned South Sudan’s leaders on Tuesday that they must put the interests of their people above their own if lasting peace is to be achieved in the world’s newest country.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe may be allowed in to EU in new role
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe may be allowed in to the European Union to attend high-level meetings in his new role as chairman of the African Union, despite a long-standing travel ban, the EU said on Tuesday.
Netherlands rebuffs Russia proposal to delay ICAO conflict zone risk plan
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The Netherlands, which lost 196 citizens when a Malaysian jet was downed over Ukraine last year, said on Tuesday there was no need to wait for a legal assessment of a United Nations plan to share information about conflict zone ris…
Venezuela takes over supermarket chain accused of hoarding
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Tuesday it has temporarily taken over 35 stores belonging to the “Dia a Dia” supermarket chain on charges it squirreled away food to stoke public exasperation over widespread shortages.
Kosovo fires ethnic Serb minister to avert more violence
PRISTINA (Reuters) – An ethnic Serb minister in Kosovo’s government was fired on Tuesday to try to avert more violent protests over a remark he made last month that offended the Balkan country’s ethnic Albanian majority.
Two French soldiers wounded in knife attack in Nice
NICE, France (Reuters) – Two French soldiers were wounded in a knife attack outside a Jewish cultural centre in the southern city of Nice on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
Russia: U.N. plan on conflict zone risks poses legal issues, wants 2016 vote
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it wants a United Nations aviation agency plan on sharing information about conflict zone risks put to a wider International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly vote in 2016, citing legal risks relate…
U.N.’s highest court absolves Croatia, Serbia of genocide
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United Nations’ highest court ruled on Tuesday that neither Croatia nor Serbia had committed genocide against each other’s populations during the wars that accompanied the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
