U.N.’s Mali envoy to quit after being named Dutch foreign minister
AMSTERDAM/DAKAR (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations’ mission in Mali is to quit to take up a new job as the Netherlands’ foreign minister, the Dutch government said on Tuesday, opening up a vacancy in the west African nation at a time of growing…
Algerian police march in rare protest in capital
ALGIERS (Reuters) – About 300 Algerian police officers marched through Algiers on Tuesday in a rare public protest by security forces to show solidarity with a police demonstration over working conditions and riots in a southern city.
France: Palestinian recognition shouldn’t be merely symbolic
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that Paris should recognize a Palestinian state only if doing so would help achieve peace, not as a symbolic gesture.
Burundi says 40 corpses found in lake were Rwandans
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – The general prosecutor of Burundi said on Tuesday that an investigation into 40 bodies found in a lake on the border with Rwanda has concluded that the dead were Rwandans, even though Rwanda has previously denied this.
South Africa considers declaring certain minerals as ‘strategic’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s mines minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said he was considering declaring certain minerals such as coal and iron ore as “strategic” for the country.
After Scottish independence vote, separatists say Britain reneging on pledges
LONDON (Reuters) – Less than a month after Scots spurned independence, separatists said on Tuesday that British Prime Minister David Cameron was betraying Scotland by reneging on pledges to grant more spending powers to the Scottish parliament.
Saudi bank’s $6 billion IPO ignites religious controversy
RIYADH (Reuters) – Plans by Saudi Arabia’s biggest bank for a $6 billion initial public offer of shares, the largest-ever equity sale in the Arab world, have run into religious controversy with some clerics suggesting it violates Islamic principles.
EU to ban fish from Sri Lanka, saying lax on illegal fishing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed a ban on imports of fish from Sri Lanka for not tackling illegal fishing properly and lifted a ban on fish imports from Belize following the reform of its vessel inspection practices.
Swiss govt: ‘Yes’ in anti-immigration vote next month would damage EU ties
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s government said on Tuesday that a result in favor of severely limiting immigration in a Nov. 30 referendum would imperil ongoing negotiations with the European Union after a similar anti-immigration vote in February dam…
British ex-PM Blair may have been terrorism target, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – A man charged in Britain with terrorism offences at a trial so sensitive that prosecutors sought to have it heard entirely in secret might have been planning an attack on ex-prime minister Tony Blair, a court heard on Tuesday.
