French Greens say they will not join new government
PARIS (Reuters) – The French Greens party will not take part in a newly formed government under Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls, it said on Tuesday, breaking away from a coalition marked by tensions over energy policy.
White House: Obama has not decided to release Israeli spy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has not made a decision to release convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Tuesday.
Syrian boys become breadwinners as parents struggle in Turkey
KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) – The busy market district of Kilis in southeast Turkey is full of Syrian refugee children, repairing household goods, serving baklava and selling jewelery to become the main breadwinner of their families because their parents s…
Aid bureaucracy, suspicion threaten to deepen South Sudan crisis: MSF
GENEVA (Reuters) – The humanitarian crisis created by South Sudan’s civil war may well worsen this year because of the slow international response and suspicions among warring parties of U.N. relief efforts, the head of aid agency Medecins Sans Frontie…
French Greens will not join newly formed government: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – The French Greens party will not take part in a newly formed government under Prime Minister Manuel Valls, parliamentary sources said on Tuesday, breaking out of a ruling coalition with the Socialist Party.
German airliner hostage-taking ends after brief standoff
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Kosovo man took a flight attendant hostage on a German airliner on Tuesday but surrendered to police after a brief standoff, police said.
Prominent Islamist killed on Kenyan coast: witnesses
MOMBASA (Reuters) – A prominent Kenyan Islamist, accused by the United States and U.N. Security Council of supporting the Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed on Tuesday on the Kenyan coast, a police officer at the scene and a witness said.
JetBlue plane makes emergency landing in Jamaica
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaica airport authorities on Tuesday were investigating the emergency landing of a Florida-bound JetBlue airliner that was forced to return to the Caribbean island on Monday night after reports of a smoke odor onboard.
Syrian boys become breadwinners as parents struggle in Turkey
KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) – The busy market district of Kilis in southeast Turkey is full of Syrian refugee children, repairing household goods, serving baklava and selling jewelery to become the main breadwinner of their families because their parents s…
EU launches peacekeeping force for Central African Republic
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union formally launched a peacekeeping force for Central African Republic on Tuesday, overcoming delays due to shortages of soldiers and equipment thanks to last-minute offers of help from EU governments.
