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Asia Pacific
Afghanistan claims ‘undeniable’ evidence Kabul attacks planned in Pakistan
Afghanistan has handed "undeniable" evidence to Pakistan that it claims shows a recent spate of deadly attacks were planned on Pakistani soil, Afghan officials said, amid growing public anger over their impotence to protect civilians
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Middle East
South Yemen separatists pin down government in de facto capital Aden
Yemeni ministers were holed up in Aden's after separatist forces seized effective control of the southern port city
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Business
Italy’s Leonardo outlook sends shares into tailspin
Shares in Italy's defense giant Leonardo went into free fall after it presented a recovery plan that analysts said was too vague
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Americas
Colombia freezes peace talks with ELN rebels after attacks
BOGOTA, Jan 29, 2018 (AFP) – Colombia’s president on Monday froze peace negotiations with the ELN rebel group after weekend bomb attacks blamed on the guerrillas killed seven police officers. The developments threw into peril efforts to definitively end Colombia’s half century of conflict that recently had looked close to resolution. “I have taken the decision to suspend the start of the fifth cycle of negotiations that were scheduled for the coming days, given that ELN is not matching its words with actions,” President Juan Manuel Santos said in an address. Santos’ government reached a historic peace agreement with the biggest rebel group, the FARC, in November 2016, but a similar deal with the smaller ELN has still not been reached. When a ceasefire with the ELN expired on January 10, the government said it was suspending talks with the rebel group, which returned to targeting security forces and oil installations. Over the weekend, three bombs went off at police stations in three locations: two in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla and one in Santa Rosa, in the department of Bolivar. The ELN claimed responsibility for the worst of the attacks, which killed five officers and wounded 41 in …
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Middle East
Tank battle rocks Yemen’s ‘coup-hit’ Aden
At least 9 people were killed in fighting between separatists and Yemen government troops as a tank battle broke out in Aden
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Middle East
Syria peace talks to begin in Russia despite opposition boycott
Delegates arrived for the first Syria peace talks in Russia, but expectations were low after the main opposition group said it would boycott
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Asia Pacific
Gunmen attack Kabul military compound, multiple casualties
Gunmen launched a pre-dawn raid on a military compound in Kabul, causing multiple casualties in the third major attack in recent days
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Africa
14 Malian soldiers killed in attack on Soumpi camp
Fourteen soldiers were killed and 18 wounded on Saturday in an attack on their camp in Mali's restive north, the army said.
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Middle East
UN Syria envoy De Mistura to attend Sochi congress
The United Nations' Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will attend a peace conference in Sochi, Russia next week
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Air
Eight killed after Iraqi forces call in US airstrike on friendly convoy
Eight Iraqis, most of them security personnel, were killed in a US air strike that apparently targeted them by mistake, an official said
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