Sri Lankan asylum seekers arrive in Australia after weeks held at sea
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A group of 157 migrants, thought to be Sri Lankan asylum seekers, arrived at a detention camp in Australia, government officials said on Monday, after having been held at sea by authorities for almost a month.
U.S., Afghanistan fail to track U.S.-supplied small arms: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has failed to effectively track many of the more than 465,000 light weapons it has supplied to Afghanistan’s army and police, creating the risk that machine guns and other small arms could fall into insurgent …
Ivorian revival feeds on troubles in Ghana cocoa sector
ENCHI Ghana (Reuters) – Three years ago, when James joined Ghana’s anti-smuggling task force, his job was to intercept illicit cocoa shipments from neighboring Ivory Coast to preserve the superior quality of his country’s beans. Now he has to stop it f…
South Africa’s NUMSA union agrees wage deal to end four-week strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main manufacturing union, NUMSA, has agreed to end a four-week strike after accepting a wage increase offer from employers, union leader Irvin Jim said on Monday.
U.N. warns of sanctions for oil trading with Syria, Iraq militants
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council expressed grave concern on Monday over reports that radical militants have seized oilfields and pipelines in Syria and Iraq and warned that anyone caught trading in oil from the “terrorist groups” co…
U.S. says millions forced to flee for religious beliefs in 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More members of religious communities around the world were forced to flee their homes last year than at any time in recent memory, the United States said on Monday, in its annual report on religious freedom.
Russia, Germany up diplomatic battle over Ukraine sanctions
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – As fighting intensified in Ukraine on Monday, a diplomatic battle also raged, with Berlin warning that new European sanctions would send a “strong signal” to Moscow, and Russia saying the measures could only boost its economic…
Female bombers target Nigeria trade show, petrol station, three dead
KANO Nigeria (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a trade show and a petrol station in northern Nigeria’s biggest city of Kano on Monday, killing one other person and injuring at least six others, police and a military source sa…
Islamic State militants open office for potential wives: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents have opened an office in northern Syria where single women and widows can register to marry fighters from the radical al Qaeda offshoot, a monitoring group said on Monday.
Police find 15 corpses in Baghdad in bloody start to Muslim Eid holiday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi police on Monday found the corpses of 15 people, including three women shot in the head in militia-style killings, a bloody start to the holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, security sources said.
