Iran says Kuwait’s emir to visit, turn ‘new page’ in ties
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait’s ruling emir will visit Iran at the end of the month to help turn a “new page” in bilateral ties, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, in the latest sign that Tehran seeks to improve relations with its Arab neighbors.
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 fresh outbreak of violence in northern Mali.
Russia would veto referral of Syria to criminal court: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will veto a draft U.N. resolution to refer the civil war in Syria to the International Criminal Court if it comes to a vote in the Security Council, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian official as saying on Tuesday.
Castles in the air: Afghans pay a heavy price for uncertainty
KABUL (Reuters) – A bored security guard, a Kalashnikov rifle over his shoulder, stands guard alone outside an idle construction site for a 10-storey building in downtown Kabul, one of more than a dozen concrete shells with not a single construction wo…
South Africa court sends Pistorius for 30 days of mental tests
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was ordered on Tuesday to undergo a month of psychiatric tests to find out whether he was criminally responsible when he shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day la…
Serbia declares national mourning, flood toll rises
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia on Tuesday declared three days of national mourning and reported another death in the worst rainfall to hit the Balkan region in living memory, even as the rising River Sava threatened more havoc.
Rights group says video shows Israel killed 2 Palestinians unlawfully
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A human rights group released video on Tuesday which it said showed that two teenage Palestinians shot dead by Israeli security forces during a protest last week had posed no danger and were killed unlawfully.
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 fresh outbreak of violence in northern Mali.
Frontrunner in Afghan elections promises to heal rift with West
KABUL (Reuters) – The frontrunner in Afghanistan’s presidential race, Abdullah Abdullah, has promised to rescue the ailing economy by healing a rift with the West and passing laws to tackle corruption and money laundering to reassure hesitant foreign d…
Ballooning Pakistan blasphemy charges engulf television stations
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s biggest television station said it was ramping up security on Tuesday after it became the object of dozens of blasphemy accusations for playing a song during an interview with an actress.
