U.S. strikes against senior Shabaab leader in Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States carried out a drone strike in Somalia against a senior leader of militant group al Shabaab, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, adding his death would represent a major blow to a group already losing ground in the cou…
Canadian police arrest man, charge him with aiding Islamic State
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian police on Tuesday arrested an Ottawa man they said was planning to aid Islamic State fighters and charged him with participation in the activity of a terrorist group.
At Argentina bomb site, deja vu and fading hope for justice
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Anita Weinstein was on the second floor of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994 when the ceiling and walls collapsed from the force of a truck bomb outside.
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.
