Afghan opposition decries appointments to election
KABUL (Reuters) – Opposition Afghan politicians accused the government of giving its allies posts in an electoral complaints commission, saying the appointments could undermine next year’s presidential vote.
Islamists in Sahara issue video of foreign hostages
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s north African arm, AQIM, has issued a video of seven foreign hostages, including four French citizens, held in the Sahara urging negotiations for their release, France’s foreign ministry said on Monday.
U.S. says Sudan’s president applied for visa to attend U.N. General Assembly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has applied for a U.S. visa to attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the State Department said on Monday, adding that he should not make the trip because he…
Islamist Nour party walks out of Egypt’s constitution talks
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s second biggest Islamist party on Monday walked out of a committee amending the constitution, to protest against moves to curb the influence of Islam in state affairs.
Syrian opposition warcrimes record deepens peace plan faultline
GENEVA (Reuters) – War crimes blamed on the Syrian opposition are predominantly being carried out by foreign fighters, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Monday, highlighting a deepening rift in the opposition that has been an obstacle to peace t…
Insight: Kenya cases stir African backlash against ICC
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya is canvassing support for a possible walk-out by African states from the International Criminal Court, whose prosecution of elected Kenyan leaders has revived accusations on the continent that the court unfairly t…
Turkey says will inform U.N., NATO on Syrian helicopter downing
PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey will provide the U.N. Security Council and fellow members of the NATO military alliance with details of the circumstances of its shooting down on Monday of a Syrian helicopter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
France can reach deal with Russia on Syria U.N. resolution
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Monday it was confident that a deal could be reached with Russia on a U.N. resolution over Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Venezuelan president says made deliberate verbal gaffe
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venzuela’s gaffe-prone President Nicolas Maduro says his latest verbal mix-up was a deliberate attempt to outwit opponents who love to portray him as a buffoon and ignore the socialist government’s advances.
Doubts over Merkel coalition grow despite Bavaria victory
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chances of preserving her center-right coalition were in doubt less than a week before a federal election, with a new anti-euro party rising in the polls and her current partner reeling from a regional setb…
