Iran’s parliament votes against censuring Zarif over Holocaust stance
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif survived a censure vote in parliament on Tuesday for his refusal to deny the Holocaust, in the latest battle with hardliners trying to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s overtures to the …
Central African Republic president says to make new government inclusive
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim president pledged on Tuesday to overhaul her government and make it more representative, addressing mounting criticism of its failure to stem religious violence that has displaced nearly 1 million p…
Illegal alcohol kills at least 50 people in Kenya
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least 50 people in Kenya have died this week from drinking illegal liquor, local media and officials said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia says uncovers al Qaeda cell plotting attacks
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected al Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government and foreign targets in the kingdom, its Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Panama’s president-elect plans price controls on basic foods
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s president-elect will impose price controls on a range of basic foods to dampen rising costs, a step that will hit his bitter rival, outgoing president and supermarket tycoon Ricardo Martinelli.
Out with the old, in with the new at Ireland’s Sinn Fein – but not yet
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The four-day detention of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has given a reality check to the nationalist party’s ambition of entering government in the Irish republic, and to a new generation of activists trying to win over skeptical vote…
Syrian rebels say a would-be election candidate is captured
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels have captured an army colonel who tried unsuccessfully to stand in next month’s presidential election, according to an Internet video posted on Tuesday.
Kenya detains two Somalis in Mombasa attack investigation
MOMBASA (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Tuesday ordered two Somali men held in custody for 10 days based on police suspicions they were involved in twin explosions in the port city of Mombasa that killed four people at the weekend.
Syria struggling to fill food import needs
LONDON (Reuters) – War-torn Syria is struggling to buy food commodities in the quantities it needs, despite repeatedly issuing tenders for hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sugar, rice and wheat, trade sources say.
Israel transfers Palestinian funds as threat of sanctions wanes
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian public sector workers received their salaries on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, in a sign that Israel had backed down from a threat to impose sanctions as peace talks began to collapse last month.
