Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet on Wednesday, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet on Wednesday to try to extend peace talks beyond an April 29 deadline, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
Jordanian ambassador seized in Libya, kidnappers demand prisoner release
TRIPOLI/AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s ambassador to Libya was kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen who demanded an Islamist militant be released from a Jordanian jail in exchange for the diplomat’s freedom.
U.N. seeks to locate followers of slain Congo warlord
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The U.N. mission in Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to locate a group of militia fighters who surrendered to the Congolese army, after their leader was killed in custody.
EU agrees to train Mali police, extends army training mission
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Tuesday to send civilian advisers to train and advise Mali’s police while extending by two years a mission to train the army.
U.N. Security Council members view graphic photos of Syria dead
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday viewed graphic pictures taken in Syria by a former military police photographer that showed what appeared to be evidence of brutal torture, including eye gougings, str…
French Socialists pick veteran to run party after poll rout
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Socialist Party named its new chief on Tuesday, a one-time political opponent of President Francois Hollande who will have to overhaul a ruling party reeling from local election losses in time for European parliament election…
Rebel videos show first U.S.-made rockets in Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Online videos show Syrian rebels using what appear to be U.S. anti-tank rockets, weapons experts say, the first significant American-built armaments in the country’s civil war.
Saudi spy chief, architect of Syria policy, replaced
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the architect of Riyadh’s attempts to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been removed from his post, state media reported on Tuesday.
U.S. adopts harsher tone in U.N. envoy dispute with Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States adopted a harsher tone toward Iran’s proposed U.N. ambassador on Tuesday, calling Tehran’s choice of Hamid Abutalebi “unacceptable” and tying him to the 1979-1981 U.S. hostage crisis in Tehran.
Exclusive: U.N. should halt arms shipments via Ivory Coast after China breach – panel
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – United Nations experts have called for the world body to stop allowing arms for its Mali peacekeepers to be shipped through Ivory Coast after they said a load of military hardware sent by China violated the country’s arms embargo.
