No U.N. rights monitoring in U.S. draft on Western Sahara mission
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday prepared a draft resolution that would renew the U.N. mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, but it did not ask for sustained U.N. human rights monitoring as demanded by rights advo…
Divers struggle in search for South Korean ferry survivors
MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – Rescuers struggled with strong waves and murky waters on Thursday as they searched for hundreds of people, most of them teenagers from the same school, still missing after a South Korean ferry capsized on Wednesday….
Gulf Arab states agree on measures to heal internal rift
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states took a step towards resolving a severe rift in the U.S.-backed alliance on Thursday by agreeing on ways to implement a security agreement they reached last year.
Four-way talks call for end to Ukraine violence
GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States, Russia, Ukraine and the European Union called after crisis talks on Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine, where Western powers believe Russia is fomenting a pro-Russian separatist movement.
Israeli, Palestinian negotiators seek to rescue troubled talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met on Thursday in Jerusalem to seek a way to prevent troubled peace talks from collapsing ahead of an April 29 deadline.
U.N. seeks sanctions waiver to ship arms to Mali via Ivory Coast
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is seeking an exemption from a U.N. Security Council arms embargo on Ivory Coast so it can ship weapons and military equipment across the East African nation to its peacekeeping mission in landlocked Mali, …
Iran cuts sensitive nuclear stockpile, key plant delayed: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has acted to cut its most sensitive nuclear stockpile by nearly 75 percent in implementing a landmark pact with world powers, but a planned facility it will need to fulfill the six-month deal has been delayed, a U.N. report show…
Nigerian state says most abducted schoolgirls still missing
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s northeast Borno state said on Thursday only 20 of up to 129 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels were back with their parents, casting doubt on a military claim to have freed most of them.
Islamist militants kill 30 in attacks around Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least 30 people around Iraq on Thursday including 12 soldiers in an assault on a remote army base in the north, deepening insecurity with a national election just two weeks away.
French troops free five aid workers kidnapped in Mali
BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) – French troops in Mali on Thursday freed five local aid workers kidnapped in February, the presidents of France and Mali said in a joint statement.
