France urges closer regional collaboration against Nigeria’s Boko Haram
DAKAR (Reuters) – France’s defense minister on Monday called for Nigeria and its neighbors to set up a military liaison committee to better coordinate their response to the growing regional threat posed by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
More air strikes near eastern Libyan oil port and border to Tunisia
RAS JDIR/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libya’s recognized government conducted air strikes against rival government forces trying to seize major oil ports in the east and against targets in the west on Monday, witnesses said.
Ukrainian PM appeals to EU for immediate financial aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk appealed to the European Union for urgent financial aid on Monday, saying the government was doing all it could to fix a shattered economy but needed help.
U.N. says forces in Sudan’s Darfur won’t leave amid rising violence
DAKAR (Reuters) – A joint United Nations-African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping mission in Darfur is unlikely to bow to Sudan’s request to leave the region when the situation there appears to be worsening, the head of the U.N. peacekeeping forces said on …
Venezuela’s Maduro slams ‘insolent Yankees,’ ‘murderer’ Aznar
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro let rip at the U.S. government on Monday over sanctions against Venezuelan officials and branded ex-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a “murderer.”
Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State
FORT DIX, N.J. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a U.S.-led coalition will permit no safe haven to the group and will destroy it …
European Union backs U.N. plan for Syrian truce
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers threw their weight behind a U.N. plan for a truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, saying it offered a glimmer of hope for a political solution to the three-and-a-half year old civil…
U.N. brigade will need to ‘neutralise’ Congo rebels: chief
DAKAR (Reuters) – Only a few of Rwanda’s FDLR rebels operating in eastern Congo have laid down their arms before a January deadline, meaning that U.N. troops will launch operations against the group next month, the U.N.’s peacekeeping chief said on Mon…
Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe: opposition
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s decision to shelve an inquiry into war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region is likely to embolden hardliners in Khartoum and contribute to more violence, opposition and rebel leaders said on Monday.
German court to try former Auschwitz guard for murder
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 93-year old man suspected of being a former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will be tried in the new year, a German court said on Monday.
