World News Briefing Africa Former leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, appeared before the International Criminal Court in The Hague to determine whether there was evidence to try him for war crimes. Rwandan peacekeepers halted an attack on Muslims in the Central African Republic on Sunday, as foreign troops struggle to stop the ongoing interreligious violence. Nine people were reportedly killed over the weekend. Talks to end the conflict in South Sudan resume in Ethiopia on Monday. Asia North Korea rescinded an invitation for a special United States to seek the release of Kenneth Bai, an American missionary who has been held for over a year. The owners of the Bangladesh factory where 112 workers died in a fire in 2012 surrendered to authorities. They, along with 11 associates, were charged with culpable homicide in December. A suicide bomber in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed four women after a standoff with the police, detonating his explosives in the house of a pro-government tribal elder. Middle East Iran has agreed to provide information about its detonators to the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of a confidence-building program with the west over its nuclear ambitions. The Israeli military carried out an airstrike against a militant in Gaza who was allegedly responsible for firing rockets into Israel, in a return to a practice of targeted killing. Egyptian leftwing politician Hamdeen Sabbahi became the first candidate to officially enter the presidential race. Americas A fisherman from Mexico who spent 13 months adrift on the open ocean will return home Monday from the Marshal Islands, where he was rescued. Chikungubya, a mosquito-borne virus common in Africa and Asia, has spread quickly though the eastern Caribbean over the past two months, with 3,700 confirmed cases. The Canadian government removed detailed architectural and technical drawings for a secret eavesdropping station that were accidentally posted online. Europe President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande co-published a letter in the Washington Post calling for collective efforts to combat climate change, and celebrating the countries successful partnership on diplomatic issues. A Danish zoo is facing criticism for killing a healthy young giraffe to comply with European inbreeding laws, despite a protracted public campaign to save it. The Czech foreign minister said that the European Union should prepare to impose sanctions against the Ukrainian government if it continues to use violence to crackdown on protests. by Thomas Stackpole (foreign policy)
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:25:30 +0000
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