Nigeria’s neglected Israeli drones won’t help find girls
JERUSALEM/LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria bought Israeli surveillance drones years ago that might have been used to hunt for more than 200 girls held by Islamist rebels, but poor maintenance has left them grounded, two official sources and the aircraft’s man…
High-profile war crimes suspects escape Kosovo hospital
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Police in Kosovo launched a manhunt on Tuesday for three high-profile war crimes suspects who appeared to have fled a hospital where they were each being treated under guard while standing trial.
Turkish miners stay off work after disaster, eight suspects held
SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) – Several thousand workers stayed away on Tuesday from mines run by a company at the center of Turkey’s worst industrial disaster, with the main labor union demanding strict site inspections.
Blasts in Nigerian city Jos kill at least 10
JOS (Reuters) – Two explosions in the main business district of the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene.
Vaz wins Guinea-Bissau presidential run-off: elections commission
BISSAU (Reuters) – Former Finance Minister Jose Mario Vaz has won a high-stakes presidential run-off election in Guinea-Bissau meant to draw a line under a 2012 coup, the elections commission said on Tuesday.
Russia moves to make failure to declare dual citizenship a crime
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday requiring Russians to declare dual citizenship or face criminal prosecution after President Vladimir Putin endorsed the measure as part of a more nationalist course taken since his annexatio…
After 50 years of war, Colombian rebels look to politics
MARQUETALIA, Colombia (Reuters) – From shallow trenches carved into an isolated mountain range, Manuel “Sureshot” Marulanda led a long battle against thousands of U.S.-backed troops seeking to wrest control of the area from his small band of peasant fi…
France delays Sahel counter-insurgency plan after Mali violence
PARIS (Reuters) – France has delayed plans to redeploy 3,000 soldiers to fight militants across Africa’s Sahel region, saying it first needs to help deal with a new outbreak of violence in northern Mali.
Four in five Germans want fewer foreign military missions: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Four in five Germans would like to see their armed forces take part in fewer military missions and almost two-thirds think Germany should show caution on foreign affairs, a poll found, signaling scant backing for leaders’ recent call…
Blast in Nigerian city Jos kills at least 10
JOS (Reuters) – An explosion in the main business district of the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene.
