Syrian rebels reject U.N. envoy’s ceasefire plan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian rebels dealt a blow to a U.N. envoy’s proposal for a ceasefire in the northern city of Aleppo as his team headed there on Tuesday, saying the plan would only benefit the Syrian government at the expense of the opposition.
Russians stand in line to mourn by coffin of slain Nemtsov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians, many carrying red carnations, on Tuesday filed past the coffin of Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose killing last week, friends say, showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Pu…
U.N. Security Council sets up South Sudan sanctions regime
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday established a sanctions regime for South Sudan but stopped short of imposing worldwide travel bans and asset freezes on officials in the conflict-torn country or an arms embargo.
North Korea warns U.S. about pre-emptive strike ‘if necessary’
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong said on Tuesday that his country had the power to deter an “ever-increasing nuclear threat” by the United States with a pre-emptive strike if necessary.
Influential Mozambican lawyer Cistac gunned down in taxi
MAPUTO (Reuters) – A gunman shot dead on Tuesday a prominent Mozambican lawyer who was viewed as sympathetic to opposition calls for decentralization of power in the resource-rich southern African country.
Hunger and frustration grow at Ebola ground zero in Guinea
MELIANDOU, Guinea (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A charred kapok tree and around a dozen graves scattered amongst the mud brick houses of Meliandou are painful reminders of the toll Ebola has taken on this village in southeast Guinea.
U.N. calls for accountability in Sri Lanka rights investigation
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United Nations urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to make sure it had strong systems for holding people accountable, as the island nation carried out its own investigations in abuses during a 26-year civil war.
FBI to help investigate U.S. citizen blogger killing in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help investigate the case of an American blogger hacked to death in Dhaka last week, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Taxis jam Brussels in protest over possible Uber arrival
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hundreds of taxis jammed central Brussels on Tuesday in a protest against the city’s planned reform of the industry that could lead to the legalization of online ride-sharing services such as Uber.
Egypt court defers parliamentary election: judicial sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday deferred a long-awaited parliamentary election due in March indefinitely after another court declared the election law’s provision on voting districts as unconstitutional, judicial sources said.
