Mistrust between Nigeria, Cameroon stalls fight against Boko Haram
DAKAR (Reuters) – Mistrust between Nigeria and neighboring Cameroon as well as disagreements over how to deploy troops against Boko Haram have stalled efforts to set up a regional force to combat the Islamist militants.
New round of peace talks on Ukraine set for Wednesday: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – A new round of peace talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine will be held in Berlin on Wednesday evening with the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France taking part, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier …
Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children’s protest
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials on Tuesday rushed to condemn the use of teargas against children at a Nairobi primary school who were protesting at the loss of their playground.
Bulgaria to extradite Frenchman linked to Charlie Hebdo gunmen
SOFIA/HASKOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) – Bulgaria will extradite a Frenchman who was a business partner of the two brothers who shot dead 12 people at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris, a court said on Tuesday.
No DNA match of charred remains for most missing Mexico students: lab
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An Austrian lab has been unable to match incinerated remains found in a dump with the DNA of dozens of trainee teachers Mexico’s government says were abducted and massacred in southwest Mexico, the attorney general’s office said…
Dutch police search house of 18-year-old Belgian raid suspect
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police searched the home of an 18-year-old suspected Islamist militant, whose passport was found during an anti-terror raid in the Belgian town of Verviers last week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Lebanon charges 28 over cafe bombing: judicial source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon charged 28 people on Tuesday for involvement in a double suicide bomb attack in the northern city of Tripoli this month which killed at least nine people, a judicial source said.
Russia must strengthen army to defend itself: Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia must strengthen its armed forces to protect its sovereignty against the “challenge” posed by other countries that might threaten Moscow.
Nearly 20 more air strikes target Islamic State: U.S. coalition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition conducted nearly 20 more air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since early on Monday, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations.
Russia may send S-300 missile system to Iran – media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia might deliver a long-overdue S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, honoring a contract that was canceled in 2010 following strong pressure from the West, Iranian and Russian media said on Tuesday.
