Congo peace talks stall, U.N. concerned by military buildup
KINSHASA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Talks to end a two-year insurgency in eastern Congo stalled on Monday after the government rejected a call for amnesty for M23 rebel leaders as the United Nations expressed concern at a military buildup by the group …
U.S. tries to calm Saudi anger over Syria, Iran
PARIS/KUWAIT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought on Monday to calm rising tensions with Saudi Arabia, which has spurned a U.N. Security Council seat in fury at inaction over the crisis in Syria.
Angola denies Congo incursion, says lost troops entered its territory
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti said on Monday that Congo Republic soldiers had got lost and stumbled across the border, contradicting Congolese accusations that Angolan forces had invaded its territory and seized its soldi…
Mali’s Keita calls for more local autonomy, rejects secession
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s president asked a national congress on Monday to draw up plans for increased regional autonomy, a year after northern separatists and their Islamist allies seized two-thirds of the country, prompting France to send in troops.
Qatar offers $150 million debt relief to Palestinian Authority: 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 in Paris after talks with Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah.
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.
Sierra Leone editor arrested for comparing president to rat
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone police have arrested a newspaper editor and another journalist for publishing an article comparing President Ernest Bai Koroma to a rat, officials said on Monday, stirring concern over press freedom in the West African…
Myanmar must change constitution to stay on reform path: Suu Kyi
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi urged Europe and the United States on Monday to press Myanmar to reform what she said was an undemocratic constitution, partly because it effectively bars women from running for president…
Ukrainian racist murdered Muslim, planted mosque bombs in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – A self-confessed racist Ukrainian student studying in Britain pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering an elderly Muslim man and planting explosive devices outside mosques in central England as part of a one-man hate campaign.
Migrant disaster survivors protest at exclusion from funeral ceremony
ROME (Reuters) – More than 100 survivors of a shipwreck in which hundreds of African immigrants died burst through the gates of a holding center on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday in a protest against the refusal of authorities to allow them …
