Balkan floods may have undone years of landmine detection
KARAKCIJE, Bosnia (Reuters) – When Mehmedalija Djapic bought his house on the banks of the River Bosna after the 1992-95 war, he had no idea the land around it was laced with landmines.
Blast in eastern Kenya wounds 11: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A suspected grenade blast near a mosque wounded 11 people in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Tuesday, close to the border with Somalia, police and disaster officials said.
Vaz wins Guinea-Bissau presidential vote, loser rejects result
BISSAU (Reuters) – Former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz 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, but the losing candidate rejected the result.
U.N. warns of South Sudan famine as donors pledge more aid
OSLO (Reuters) – More than a third of South Sudan’s population, or 4 million people, will be on the brink of starvation by the end of 2014 as fighting rages in the world’s newest country, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
Yemen clashes kill at least 16 people: local officials
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 16 people were killed north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday in fighting between Shi’ite Muslim tribesmen and government forces and allied Sunni Muslim rivals, local government sources said.
Five convicted of killing Russian journalist Politkovskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Five men were convicted on Tuesday of murdering 2006 of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, including three defendants who had been acquitted in a previous trial.
Union of South American States fails to revive Venezuela talks
CARACAS (Reuters) – Mediators from the Union of South American States (UNASUR) urged Venezuela’s government and opposition back to the negotiating table on Tuesday after failing to revive talks to stem months of protests in the polarized nation.
At least six killed in train crash near Moscow
NARO-FOMINSK, Russia (Reuters) – A freight train jumped the tracks and collided with a passenger train near Moscow on Tuesday, ripping the side off one of the carriages and killing at least six people.
At least six killed in train crash near Moscow
NARO-FOMINSK, Russia (Reuters) – A freight train jumped the tracks and collided with a passenger train near Moscow on Tuesday, ripping the side off one of the carriages and killing at least six people.
Russia says Ukraine election may aggravate crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine will deepen political divisions in the country if there is no end to hostilities and a “road map” to end the crisis is not implemented, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying on Tuesd…
