Obama vows no safe haven for Islamic State
FORT DIX, N.J. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama used a holiday season visit to a U.S. military base on Monday to issue a tough warning to Islamic State militants, saying a U.S.-led coalition will permit no safe haven to the group and will destroy it …
European Union backs U.N. plan for Syrian truce
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers threw their weight behind a U.N. plan for a truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, saying it offered a glimmer of hope for a political solution to the three-and-a-half year old civil…
U.N. brigade will need to ‘neutralise’ Congo rebels: chief
DAKAR (Reuters) – Only a few of Rwanda’s FDLR rebels operating in eastern Congo have laid down their arms before a January deadline, meaning that U.N. troops will launch operations against the group next month, the U.N.’s peacekeeping chief said on Mon…
Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe: opposition
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s decision to shelve an inquiry into war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region is likely to embolden hardliners in Khartoum and contribute to more violence, opposition and rebel leaders said on Monday.
German court to try former Auschwitz guard for murder
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 93-year old man suspected of being a former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will be tried in the new year, a German court said on Monday.
Sudan government forces accused of gang rape in Blue Nile state: TRFN
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sudanese government forces are gang raping teenage girls and women in government-held areas of Blue Nile state in a pattern of terror against civilians, a rights group said on Monday.
Kuwaiti ship, Egyptian fishing boat, collide in Red Sea, killing 13
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has ordered an investigation into an accident in which a Kuwaiti container ship and a fishing vessel collided in the Red Sea in an incident that killed 13 Egyptians.
Australian police say three dead, four hurt in Sydney siege
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Three people are dead after a hostage drama in a Sydney cafe ended in heavy gunfire as security forces stormed the building, Australian police said on Tuesday.
North Korea wants U.N. Security Council to discuss CIA torture
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday asked the United Nations Security Council to add the issue of torture by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to its agenda and to establish an investigation to ensure those responsible are held to accou…
A million displaced Nigerians unable to vote unless law changed: INEC
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than a million Nigerians displaced by an Islamist insurgency in the northeast may not be able to vote in the Feb. 14 presidential election unless the law is changed, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Mo…
