Rwanda dismisses U.S. charges it backs Congo rebels
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rwanda dismissed on Tuesday U.S. charges that it was supporting M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and said leveling accusations would not help pacify the region.
Israelis, Palestinians to meet again within two weeks: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will hold their next round of peace talks within the next two weeks in Israel or the Palestinian territories, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Car bomb defused outside hotel in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan security forces defused a dozen bombs found in a car parked outside a luxury hotel in the capital Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Serbian PM says told coalition that finance minister should go
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s Prime Minister told his coalition partners on Tuesday the finance minister should stand down, denting the country’s hopes of starting EU entry talks and raising the prospect of a snap election.
‘New Somalia’ risk as warlords rule in Central African Republic
OUATA-NANA, Central African Republic (Reuters) – The villagers ran away in panic when rebels brandishing machetes and AK47 assault rifles appeared from the bush, leaving the Red Cross medical workers standing alone in a dusty clearing in Central Africa…
Nigeria arrests 42 Boko Haram suspects in Lagos, Ogun
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities have arrested 42 suspected members of Islamist sect Boko Haram in Lagos and the neighboring southwest state of Ogun, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
Insight: Iraq security forces outmatched as ‘open war’ returns
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The prison guards were counting inmates after the evening meal at Abu Ghraib jail when suddenly the lights went out. By the time they realized what was going on, the biggest combat operation by Iraqi insurgents in five years was und…
Israeli-Palestinian talks begin amid deep divisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held their first peace talks in nearly three years on Monday in a U.S.-brokered effort that Secretary of State John Kerry hopes will end their conflict despite deep divisions.
Kenya jails nine Somali pirates for attacking German ship
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan court in the coastal city of Mombasa sentenced nine Somalis on Tuesday to five years in prison each for attempting to hijack the German merchant vessel MV Courier in the Gulf of Aden in March 2009.
Turkish troops fire tear gas to stop ‘smugglers’ from Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers shot into the air and fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of people, many of them believed to be smugglers, from trying to cross into Turkey from Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday.
