U.N. council mulls authorizing cross-border Syria aid access
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Security Council members are considering a draft resolution to authorize cross-border aid deliveries into Syria at four points without government consent, diplomats said on Thursday, after an earlier council demand for g…
Israeli and Palestinian presidents to meet at Vatican on June 8
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet at the Vatican and pray for peace together at an unprecedented gathering on June 8, the Vatican said on Thursday.
Ukraine separatists down army helicopter, 14 killed
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army helicopter on Thursday, killing 14 soldiers including a general, as government forces pressed ahead with an offensive to crush rebellions in the east swiftly following the e…
Malawian president says will accept court ruling on disputed vote
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawian President Joyce Banda said on Thursday she is ready to step down if the High Court ratifies a disputed election last week and her opponent ends up as the winner, even though she still believes the vote was fraudulent.
Pakistan PM: honor killing of pregnant woman was ‘unacceptable’
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded to know on Thursday why police stood by while a pregnant woman was beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country’s top courts.
Colombia’s Zuluaga softens on FARC peace talks ahead of run-off vote
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who faces President Juan Manuel Santos in a run-off vote on June 15, on Thursday backed away from a threat to end peace talks with Marxist rebels if elected, softening his stance on the election’s most …
Youths pillage mosque in Central African Republic protest over church attack
BANGUI (Reuters) – Youths in the Central African Republic plundered a mosque in the capital and barricaded streets with burning tyres on Thursday in protest at an attack by Muslim gunmen on a church that killed about 15 people dead, witnesses said.
Youths pillage mosque in Central African Republic protest over church attack
BANGUI (Reuters) – Youths in the Central African Republic plundered a mosque in the capital and barricaded streets with burning tyres on Thursday in protest at an attack by Muslim gunmen on a church that killed about 15 people dead, witnesses said.
Bulgarian former interior minister sentenced to four years in jail
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday for refusing to allow legal wiretapping in a probe against a former senior police official.
Nigeria’s president orders full scale offensive on Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president said on Thursday he had ordered “a full-scale operation” against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure parents of 219 schoolgirls being held by the group that their children would be freed.
