Separatists renew attack on airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”.
France says Frenchwoman kidnapped in Central African Republic
PARIS (Reuters) – A French charity worker was abducted in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, on Monday, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Houthis, accused of coup, surround Yemeni PM’s residence
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s powerful Houthi movement fought artillery battles with the army near the presidential palace in Sanaa on Monday, surrounded the prime minister’s residence and drew accusations they were mounting a coup.
New fighting near biggest Libyan oil port
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan armed factions accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks near the country’s largest oil port, Es Sider.
Iranian paper banned for showing Clooney wearing ‘Je suis Charlie’ pin
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline judiciary has banned a reformist newspaper for publishing a picture of Hollywood star George Clooney wearing a “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) button, Iranian newspapers reported on Monday.
Peer pressure not propaganda crucial to IS recruitment: experts
LONDON (Reuters) – Peer pressure from radicalised fighters in Syria and Iraq is more influential in attracting new recruits from Europe than Islamic State (IS) propaganda, according to British experts.
U.N. saw drones over Syria before Israel strike in breach of truce
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers stationed in the Golan Heights along the Syrian-Israeli border observed drones coming from the Israeli side before and after an airstrike that killed top several Hezbollah figures, the United Nations said on…
Long list of sustainable development goals likely to stay, UNDP says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It is unlikely U.N. member states will push for a cut in the number of proposed sustainable development goals – and risk undoing painstaking talks – despite concerns there are too many of them, the head of the U.N….
Lebanon’s religious courts are failing women, HRW says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women trying to escape domestic abuse and unhappy marriages face systematic discrimination in Lebanon’s religious courts, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, as it urged the Middle Eastern country to reform its judi…
Libya recalls former general Haftar for army duty
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally-recognized government has recalled retired general Khalifa Haftar to army duty, officials said on Monday, cementing its alliance with him in a struggle against a rival administration claiming national…
