Militants target Iraq security forces in checkpoint attacks
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Militants killed at least 22 members of the security forces in Iraq on Tuesday, mostly in attacks on police and military checkpoints, with the western Anbar province bearing the brunt of the violence, sources said.
African leaders ask U.N. to defer Kenya international criminal trials
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The African Union and Kenya asked the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to defer the trials of Kenya’s leaders at the International Criminal Court for one year so they can deal with the aftermath of the Nairobi mall attack.
U.S.-led group’s Bangladesh garment factory reviews halfway done
(Reuters) – More than half of the Bangladesh garment factories that do work for a group of North American retailers and apparel makers have already been inspected for fire and building safety, the group said on Tuesday.
U.S. says concerned with Mozambique violence, urges dialogue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday urged Mozambique’s government and Renamo opposition movement to “move back from the brink’ and take steps to quell an escalation in tensions that have raised fear of a possible return to civil war in …
U.S., NATO officials expect approval for Afghan troop deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and NATO officials said on Tuesday they were confident Afghanistan’s elders and parliament would back a deal allowing American troops to stay there after 2014, playing down lingering concerns over the accord.
Explosion at Russian military training site kills six soldiers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An explosion at a military training site in western Russia killed six airborne forces soldiers and slightly injured two more on Tuesday evening, the Defense Ministry said.
France wants U.S. spying allegations on European summit agenda
PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France is pushing to put allegations of spying by the United States against its European allies on the agenda of a summit of European leaders in Brussels on Thursday, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said.
Chile poll shows right-wing candidate further behind Bachelet
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean right-wing presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei has lost some ground in her uphill battle against the front-runner, former President Michelle Bachelet, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
West criticizes, China defends human rights record at U.N.
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Western countries accused China on Tuesday of arresting activists, curbing Internet use and suppressing ethnic minorities, as the United Nations formally reviewed its rights record for the first time since Xi Jinping became p…
EU ministers urge Ukraine to stop bluffing on Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Two European Union ministers urged Ukraine on Tuesday to stop “bluffing” and reach a deal on the release of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because time was running out.
