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.
U.S. transfers two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it had transferred two men from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the government of Algeria as part of its ongoing effort to close the controversial prison.
Challenger aims to outshine modest Merkel in TV clash
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) are citing Mitt Romney’s dominating performance in his first debate against Barack Obama last year as a model for Sunday’s TV clash with Angela Merkel to spice up the last few weeks of a lackluster ca…
Pope, Jordanian king agree dialogue ‘only option’ in Syria
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and King Abdullah of Jordan agreed on Thursday that dialogue was the “only option” to end the conflict in Syria, the Vatican said, as the United States and its allies weighed plans for a military strike.
Russia sends warships to Mediterranean as Syria tension rises
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending two warships to the east Mediterranean, Interfax news agency said on Thursday, but Moscow denied this meant it was beefing up its naval force there as Western powers prepare for military action against Syria.
Merkel and Hollande agree need for reaction to Syrian gas attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande agreed in a phone call there must be a reaction to the poison gas attack in Syria that violated human rights, Merkel’s spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.
Iran commander: U.S. strike on Syria would bring Israel’s destruction
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief said a U.S. military attack on Syria would lead to the “imminent destruction” of Israel and would prove a “second Vietnam” for America, according to an Iranian news agency.
