South Sudan rebel leader ‘will do best’ to attend peace talks: U.N. chief
JUBA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar had been invited to Ethiopia for peace talks and would “try his best” to go by the end of the week.
Yemen says army captures key militant stronghold
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemeni government forces captured al Qaeda’s main stronghold in the southern part of the country on Tuesday after insurgents blew up the local government compound there and fled, the Defense Ministry said.
Algerian troops kill 10 militants in south: state media
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian government forces have killed 10 Islamist militants in an operation in the south of the country, the state news agency APS said, where authorities are concerned about an influx of arms and fighters from neighboring Mali and…
Toronto Mayor Ford withdrew application to enter U.S.: report
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford decided not to try to enter the United States shortly after flying to Chicago last Thursday, hours after saying he would take a leave of absence from his job to seek treatment for an alcohol problem, the Globe…
South Sudan rebel will do best to go to peace talks: U.N. chief
JUBA (Reuters) – The U.N. secretary-general said on Tuesday that South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar had been invited to Ethiopia for peace talks and that would “try his best” to go by the end of the week.
Egypt court bans Mubarak-era leaders from running in elections
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned the leaders of autocratic ex-president Hosni Mubarak’s party from running in any coming elections but did not list any names, drawing complaints about a lack of clarity that could blunt the move’s i…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram threatens to sell kidnapped schoolgirls
ABUJA (Reuters) – The leader of Boko Haram on Monday threatened to sell more than 200 schoolgirls his Islamist militant group kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria last month.
Thai court almost certain to rule against PM, force her from office
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court is almost certain to rule against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges on Wednesday, forcing her from office and raising the possibility of fresh mass protests by her supporter…
No date set for rebel pullout from Syria’s Homs: governor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The timing of an evacuation of rebels from the central Syrian city of Homs under a deal with government forces has not been set and could still take days to arrange, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
Afghan police shoot into the air as landslide aid truck attacked
AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police fired gunshots into the air on Tuesday to disperse villagers who fought police and aid workers distributing emergency supplies near the remote site of a deadly landslide, witnesses said.
