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…
France says confident deal can be reached on Syria U.N. resolution
PARIS (Reuters) – France 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.
Israeli court ends instant three-year detention for African migrants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s supreme court on Monday struck down a year-old law that meant African migrants could be held in detention for up three years without charge.
Donors pledge 1.8 billion euros for Somalia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International donors promised Somalia 1.8 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in reconstruction aid on Monday to back a three-year plan aimed at strengthening the country’s economy and building up its fragile security.
Suspected bomb-maker killed in Madagascar blast: police
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – A suspected bomb-maker was killed in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Monday when an explosive device he is believed to have been building blew up prematurely, police said.
