France delays Sahel counter-insurgency plan after Mali violence
PARIS (Reuters) – France has delayed plans to redeploy 3,000 soldiers to fight militants across Africa’s Sahel region, saying it first needs to help deal with a new outbreak of violence in northern Mali.
Four in five Germans want fewer foreign military missions: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Four in five Germans would like to see their armed forces take part in fewer military missions and almost two-thirds think Germany should show caution on foreign affairs, a poll found, signaling scant backing for leaders’ recent call…
Blast in Nigerian city Jos kills at least 10
JOS (Reuters) – An explosion in the main business district of the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 10 people on Tuesday, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene.
UK has become hub for illegal khat trade to U.S. and Europe: U.N. report
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of tonnes of khat, a leafy plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, are being smuggled through Britain into Europe and North America, a UN report said on Tuesday.
Europe’s centre right make gains on election eve: poll
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The center right has extended its lead over the center left in the race for dominance in the European Parliament elections this week, a poll showed on Tuesday, but both sides are expected to fiercely contest the presidency of the E…
South Africa platinum firms, striking union to return to mediated talks
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The world’s top platinum producers and the AMCU union agreed on Tuesday to court-mediated wage talks aimed at ending the longest and costliest mining strike in South African history.
Vaz wins Guinea-Bissau presidential run-off: elections commission
BISSAU (Reuters) – Jose Mario Vaz won Sunday’s high-stakes presidential run-off election in Guinea-Bissau, the West African nation’s elections commission said on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera warns life of its journalist jailed in Egypt is at risk
LONDON (Reuters) – Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera has written to world powers asking them to secure the release of one of its journalists jailed in Egypt, accusing the authorities in Cairo of endangering his life.
Saudi king on holiday, crown prince in charge: royal court
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah left for a private visit to Morocco on Tuesday and appointed his younger brother, Crown Prince Salman, to run the affairs of the world’s top oil exporter in his absence, the royal court said.
Time to embrace the Internet, Iran president says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran should embrace the Internet rather than see it as a threat, President Hassan Rouhani has said, in remarks that challenge hardliners who have stepped up measures to censor the Web.
