UNITED NATIONS – A new U.N. report says no one has been held accountable in a massacre in South Sudan last year that raised international alarm and memories of the Rwandan genocide. The report released Friday says more than 350 civilians were killed in two bursts of violence along ethnic …
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MILAN – The Italian news agency ANSA and the state-run TV network RAI are reporting that prosecutors in Rome are investigating a dozen foreigners living in Italy on terrorism-related charges. ANSA, RAI and other Italian media reported Tuesday, citing no named sources, that the suspects were identified through Internet traffic …
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MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister says he expects the prospective Syria peace talks in Moscow to be a success despite reports about some key opposition groups’ refusal to attend. Sergey Lavrov on Friday cast those reports as part of “tactical maneuvering” ahead of the negotiations, but he wouldn’t say whom …
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DAVOS, Switzerland – Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, has denied reports that the country has modelled a potential Greek exit — the so-called “Grexit” — from the 19-country eurozone. Speaking at a panel Friday at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, Schaeuble said “we don’t model …
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BUCHANAN, Liberia – On paper, the pitch was simple: A green energy company backed by $217 million in U.S. government loans would convert one of Africa’s poorest countries into the world’s first biomass-driven economy. But the plan to help Liberia collapsed amid questionable business decisions and oversight. The company, Buchanan …
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroonian officials say Boko Haram fighters who attacked a town in the far north killing nearly 100 people have retreated to Nigeria. Government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary said Friday that Cameroonian soldiers assisted by Chadian forces successfully chased hundreds of the Islamic extremists out of the town …
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BRUSSELS – The European Union is providing 100 million euros ($113 million) in loans to Jordan to help it deal with the fallout from crises like the conflicts in neighboring Syria and Iraq. The EU’s top economics and financial affairs official Pierre Moscovici, said Tuesday that the loans will support …
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BEIJING – China boosted its installed wind energy capacity last year to a record 19.81 million kilowatts as the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter tries to switch its power grid to cleaner energy sources. The National Energy Administration said Thursday that wind farms produced 153.4 billion kilowatt hours of electric …
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YEREVAN, Armenia – The Armenian president says he has asked the country’s parliament speaker to withdraw his signature from a groundbreaking 2009 agreement with Turkey meant to restore ties between the two nations. President Serge Sarkisian said in a statement on Monday that Armenia would not ratify the agreement because …
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TOKYO – Honda is adjusting production at two North American factories from Feb. 24 through March 2, cutting production by 5,000 cars due to a disruption in parts shipments caused by a protracted labor dispute at West Coast ports. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. spokeswoman Misato Fukushima said Friday that two …
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