Iraqi cabinet approves draft law to set up national guard
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft law creating a national guard, which Sunni political figures have described as a necessary step to achieving national reconciliation.
New fighting near Libyan oil port as U.N. seeks to restart talks
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – New clashes erupted on Tuesday between Libyan rival factions fighting for control of the country’s biggest oil port Es Sider, killing several people, both sides said.
Netanyahu’s strongman image boosts ratings, countering U.S. rift
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli voters’ security concerns have boosted Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity in the past month, helping him to skirt criticism of a widened rift with the White House as he aims for a fourth election success.
U.N. Gaza war inquiry to pursue work despite resignation
JERUSALEM/GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations inquiry into possible war crimes in the Gaza conflict will produce its report on time next month despite the resignation of its chairman, officials said on Tuesday, brushing aside a demand from Israel’s pri…
French planes carrying out reconnaissance missions on Nigeria border
PARIS (Reuters) – French military aircraft are carrying out surveillance missions to help countries bordering Nigeria tackle Boko Haram militants, officials said on Tuesday, amid efforts by African countries to coordinate a response to the threat posed…
Italy’s new president decries organized crime in first speech
ROME (Reuters) – President Sergio Mattarella called on Italian lawmakers to make fighting organized crime and corruption a priority, using his first speech as head of state to highlight two of the country’s most persistent economic and social scourges….
Russia says its envoy to Warsaw not summoned by Polish foreign min
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian ambassador to Warsaw, Sergei Andreyev, has not been summoned by the Polish Foreign Ministry, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
India’s Modi faces possible state poll defeat, clouding growth prospects
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing his first state election defeat since taking charge last year, opinion polls show, a result that would dent his chances of consolidating power needed to speed up an economic recovery.
Blast at Nigeria pro-Jonathan rally was female suicide bomber: police
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb blast that went off just minutes after Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan left an election campaign rally was the work of a female suicide bomber, police said on Tuesday.
Abbas orders probe into Palestinian cartoon of Prophet Mohammad
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an investigation into a cartoon apparently depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an official Palestinian newspaper.
