Region’s leaders seek to push foreign fighters from Central African Republic
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Regional leaders on Monday authorized African troops deployed to Central African Republic to use force if necessary to drive foreign fighters out of the country, which has been plagued by violence.
Qatar to ease Palestinian debt, peace talks intensify: Kerry
PARIS (Reuters) – Qatar has agreed to provide $150 million in debt relief to the Palestinian Authority, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday as he announced that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are intensifying.
Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding.
Female suicide bomber attacks Russian bus, kills six
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber attacked a bus in southern Russia on Monday, authorities said, killing at least six people in the deadliest such blast outside the volatile North Caucasus region in nearly three years.
Assad sees no date for Syria talks, mulls re-election
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday no date had been set for an international conference on ending his country’s civil war and cast doubt on whether it could succeed if held now.
Obama speaks to France’s Hollande about spying reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama spoke to French President Francois Hollande on Monday about press reports disclosing alleged large-scale American spying on French citizens, the White House said in a statement.
Malaysia’s Najib seen levying consumption tax to curb budget deficit
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will trim the government’s hefty subsidy bill and likely announce a new consumption tax later this week as he delivers a budget seen as crucial to ward off a possible credit downgrade and re…
Bolshoi ballet dancer to stand trial over acid attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who made his name on stage at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, goes on trial on Tuesday for an acid attack that nearly blinded the ballet’s artistic director.
Mozambique faces uncertainty as Renamo ends 1992 peace pact
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s Renamo opposition movement said on Monday it was abandoning its 1992 peace accord with the ruling Frelimo party that ended the country’s civil war, raising fears of a renewal of conflict in the budding African energy pro…
Nigerian insurgents kill 10 villagers in revenge attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen suspected to be from the Boko Haram Islamist sect stormed two villages in northeast Nigeria, killing 10 people, after a botched attempt by local vigilantes to arrest some of the militants.
