Nigerian army losing grip on northeast as Islamists rampage
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is losing control of swathes of the largely Muslim northeast to radical Islamist insurgents who are killing civilians almost daily, and the run-up to elections next year risks aggravating the violence further.
Bahrain puts groups on terrorism list after bomb kills three police
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain blacklisted three anti-government groups as terrorist organizations on Tuesday, a day after a bomb killed two local policemen and an officer from the United Arab Emirates, state news agency BNA said.
U.N. says Central Africa, South Sudan refugees ‘in poor shape’, children hardest hit
GENEVA (Reuters) – People fleeing conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan are growing increasingly sick and hungry with children particularly at risk, United Nations aid agencies said on Tuesday.
Syrian doctors struggle to care for mentally ill and traumatized
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Kosovo to create national army of 5,000 soldiers
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s government ordered the creation of a national army on Tuesday by upgrading a lightly armed civil response force six years after the majority-Albanian country seceded from Serbia.
Italy issues arrest warrants, seizes assets in Rome mafia crackdown
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 16 suspected mafia members and seized millions of euros in assets as part of a crackdown on organized crime clans in Rome.
India to announce parliamentary election dates on March 5
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will announce the dates of a parliamentary election on March 5, the election commission said on Tuesday.
India’s Sahara chief ordered by court to remain in custody
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s highest court on Tuesday directed that the head of the Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, remain in custody over the group’s failure to comply with its orders to repay investors in an outlawed multi-billion-dollar investmen…
India and Pakistan ramp up aid as they jostle for influence in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – India’s most important message for Afghanistan is that it is not leaving, and it is backing that message with the biggest aid package it has ever given another country.
Berlusconi denied permit to attend Dublin conference
MILAN (Reuters) – A Milan court rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose passport was confiscated after his conviction for tax fraud, to leave Italy to attend a conference in Ireland, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
