Kerry to visit Ethiopia, Congo and Angola next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola from April 29 to May 5 to promote democracy and human rights, the State Department said on Friday.
Slovenian PM Bratusek loses party leadership, government likely to fall
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek lost the leadership of her center-left Positive Slovenia (PS) party to a challenger unwanted by her coalition partners on Saturday, a move that is likely to bring down her g…
Mediators held in Ukraine as U.S. readies new Russia sanctions
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union are expected on Monday to impose new sanctions on Russian individuals, sources said on Friday, as the Ukraine crisis escalated with armed pro-Russia separatists seizing …
28 killed in attack on Shi’ite political rally in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of explosions killed 28 people and wounded more than 40 at a Shi’ite political organization’s rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said.
Western intel suggests Syria can still produce chemical arms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, diplomats say, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States that could strengthen allegations Syria’s military recently used chlorine gas in its bloody …
Exclusive: U.S., EU seen imposing sanctions on Russia on Monday – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union are expected to impose fresh sanctions on Russian individuals on Monday in response to Moscow’s alleged efforts to destabilize eastern Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter said.
Woman killed in clash between Egypt’s Brotherhood, security forces: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A supporter of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood was killed on Friday in clashes with the security forces in Fayoum province, south of Cairo, medical sources said.
Exclusive: U.N. set to lift Ivory Coast diamond ban, tweak arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is set to partially ease a decade-long arms embargo on Ivory Coast and lift a ban on diamond exports, diplomats said on Friday, despite claims by U.N. experts the measure failed to stop illic…
Congo music festival stampede kills 21
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 21 people were killed when a power cut caused a stampede at a crowded music festival in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, the local government said.
Top Turkish judge assails Erdogan for splitting judiciary
ANKARA (Reuters) – In a defiant challenge to Turkey’s prime minister, the head of the Constitutional Court complained on Friday of political criticism which he said had traumatized and divided the judiciary.
