EU proposes tough sanctions on Moscow as Ukraine rebels advance
BRUSSELS/KIEV (Reuters) – European officials proposed sweeping new sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russia’s companies of capital and technology as punishment for Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, where Kiev officials said Russia was bolstering an “invas…
Landmine kills four U.N. soldiers, wounds 15 in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and a further 15 were wounded when the convoy they were traveling in struck a landmine in an area of northern Mali where attacks are on the rise, a spokesman for the country’s U.N. …
EU’s new leadership trio may surprise on upside
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – At first sight, the European Union’s new leadership team looks like a missed opportunity.
Scores killed as Boko Haram insurgents overrun Nigerian town: sources
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist Boko Haram insurgents overran most of a northeastern Nigerian town on Tuesday after hours of fighting that killed scores and displaced thousands of residents, security sources said.
Syrian forces escalate assault on rebel-held Damascus district
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces carried out their fiercest assault on the rebel stronghold of Jobar in Damascus since the start of the three-year war, conducting at least 27 air strikes on Tuesday and killing a child, according to activists and rights…
Relatives of captured Iraqi soldiers storm parliament: witnesses
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 100 relatives of Iraqi soldiers captured by Islamic State fighters broke into parliament armed with sticks, metal bars and stones on Tuesday to demand news of them, witnesses said.
Attack on Egypt security convoy kills 11 in Sinai: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An attack on a convoy killed 11 members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security and medical sources said.
Israel raises alarm over Islamist militants on its frontiers
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeepers, has become a magnet for Islamist activity and Israel itself is now a target, the defense minister and security analysts said on Tuesday.
British parliament rejects Chinese call to halt Hong Kong democracy probe
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament has rejected Chinese calls to scrap an inquiry into Hong Kong’s progress towards democracy, a senior lawmaker said, warning that reforms there may violate a 1984 deal on the former British colony’s sovereignty.
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘undisguised aggression’ as rebels advance
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of “direct and undisguised aggression” which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev’s forces suffered a further reverse in their war with pro-M…
