Arab rifts may complicate search for Gaza truce
DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) – The push for a Gaza ceasefire risks becoming mired in a regional tussle for influence between conservative Arab states and Islamist-friendly governments, with rival powers competing to take credit for a truce, analysts and some o…
Emaciated children in South Sudan point to looming famine
LEER South Sudan (Reuters) – A surge in the number of emaciated children arriving at a feeding center in Leer, a muddy rebel-held town in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity State, is fuelling fears that the world’s newest nation is on the brink of famine.
Turkey’s Kurdish candidate says peace does not hinge on Erdogan
BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s peace process with Kurdish militants will go on whether or not Tayyip Erdogan wins the presidency in August, his pro-Kurdish rival said, but he declined to reveal whether he would back the prime minister in the event …
Police arrest eight after attacks in Kenyan port city
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police arrested eight suspects on Monday in connection with an attack in the port city of Mombasa at the weekend that killed four people, a senior police officer said.
Kosovo expects findings of organ stealing investigation next week
PRISTINA (Reuters) – An EU-appointed task force will release its findings next week after an investigation into allegations that Kosovo Albanian guerrillas took body organs from Serb captives during the 1998-99 war, Kosovo’s justice ministry said on Mo…
West still struggles to cut feared bomb risk in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Major powers appear to have made only limited headway in making sure Iran will not be able to build an atomic bomb any time soon, underlining the uphill task they face after talks that began in February were extended by four months.
Pakistani elders forbid fleeing women from collecting food aid
BANNU Pakistan (Reuters) – Some tribal elders in a city in northwest Pakistan have decreed that families fleeing a military offensive should not allow women to collect food aid, an elder said on Monday after Reuters saw him attacking women.
Turkey hatching plan to clear Syrian beggars off Istanbul streets
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Authorities in Istanbul are working on plans to clear the streets of Syrian beggars and house them in camps like those on the border, as Turkey struggles with an influx of over a million refugees and the hospitality of locals start…
China will not fill U.S. void in Afghanistan: official
BEIJING (Reuters) – China does not seek to fill a void left in Afghanistan by the withdrawal of U.S. troops but will play a “huge” commercial role in helping rebuild the country, a newly appointed Chinese special envoy said on Monday.
Ex-Libyan rebel commander appeals ruling on British torture case
LONDON (Reuters) – A former Libyan Islamist commander who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi’s henchmen after British and U.S. spies handed him over to Libya appealed on Monday against a ruling blocking legal action against the Britis…
