Opposition sets deadline for Tunisia crisis talks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s secular opposition parties and leading civil society groups said on Thursday the Islamist-led government must respond by this weekend to a trade union offer to mediate in the country’s political standoff.
Ghana’s Supreme Court rejects opposition challenge to 2012 vote
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an opposition challenge to President John Mahama’s victory in December’s presidential election, ending months of legal wrangling in the oil- and cocoa-exporting African nation.
Germany calls on Russia to use U.N. for Syrian reaction
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Thursday to use the United Nations Security Council to get a quick, international reaction to Syria’s conflict, her spokesman said in a stateme…
Military escalation in Syria will worsen civilians’ plight: Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) – Any escalation of the Syrian crisis following an apparent chemical weapons attack will worsen suffering of civilians that has already reached unprecedented levels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday.
UK issues legal, intelligence data backing a Syria strike
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government on Thursday published internal legal advice it had been given which it said showed it was legally entitled to take military action against Syria even if the United Nations Security Council blocked such action.
Analysis: With Brotherhood out, old order shapes Egypt’s future
CAIRO (Reuters) – Workers in blue overalls clamber over scaffolding around Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, whitewashing its charred walls to restore a semblance of normalcy to the corner of Cairo where the struggle for Egypt reached a bloody climax this month…
Mali coup leader removed as head of military reform
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s interim government has removed General Amadou Sanogo, who led a coup last year, as head of a military committee tasked with reforming the West African country’s armed forces, a government statement said.
Sri Lanka minister says U.N. rights chief’s report won’t be fair
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan minister on Thursday accused U.N. Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, assessing the country four years after the end of a brutal civil war, of acting without transparency and said her report will be unfair.
Escalation in Syria will worsen humanitarian situation: Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) – An escalation of the Syrian crisis in the wake of the apparent use of chemical weapons will worsen the situation in the country where the suffering of civilians has reached unprecedented levels, the International Committee of the Red…
Two civilians killed in shelling near Rwanda-Congo border
KIGALI (Reuters) – Two people were killed when an artillery shell crashed close to a Rwandan market near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, residents in the Rwandan frontier town of Gisenyi said.
