Colombian rebels say they share blame for decades of bloodshed
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s largest rebel organization for the first time on Tuesday accepted partial responsibility for decades of bloodshed and called for a commission to investigate the causes of the armed conflict that has killed more than 200,00…
Insight: Egypt’s political strife puts Christians in peril
MINYA, Egypt (Reuters) – Last Wednesday, Ayub Youssef was driving to the southern Egyptian town of Delja where he works as a Catholic priest when a friend called and told him to turn back.
U.S. condemns Erdogan’s comments on Israel, Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States condemned comments by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accusing Israel of having a hand in the Egyptian military’s overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday.
Sierra Leone says arrests soldiers planning presidential protest
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s army said it arrested nine soldiers over the weekend for planning a protest during a visit by President Ernest Bai Koroma to his hometown.
Iraqi Kurdistan sets quota for Syria refugees: aid groups
GENEVA (Reuters) – The government of Iraqi Kurdistan has set an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in Syria, but there are signs many more are still coming in, aid agencies said on Tuesday.
White House says U.S. has not cut off aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Media reports that suggest the United States has cut off aid to Egypt are not accurate, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, adding that the Obama administration is still reviewing its options.
French PM sends more police to crime-ridden Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – The French prime minister said on Tuesday he would step up policing in Marseille to stem a spate of killings by drug gangsters that is tainting the image of the country’s second-largest city.
Israel will make ‘dramatic decisions’ for peace, negotiator says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will result in dramatic Israeli decisions, the chief Israeli negotiator predicted on Tuesday.
Red Cross chief in North Korea to discuss separated families
GENEVA (Reuters) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday to discuss the reunification of families on the divided Korean peninsula and other humanitarian issues, the agency said.
Assad’s forces counter rebel gains in Syria’s Deir al-Zor
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces attacked rebel positions in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Tuesday, days after a rebel advance threatened to bring the whole city under the control of anti-Assad forces, opposition activis…
