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| U.N. sees six-month Syria talks starting on Friday | |  GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks on ending the war in Syria are expected to start on Friday and take six months, the U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told a news conference on Monday. De Mistura, who hopes to send out invitations on Tuesday, said discussions about who would be invited were still ongoing. He said a first phase of talks would last 2-3 weeks, with a focus on a ceasefire, stopping Islamic State and increasing humanitarian aid. Governance, a constitutional review and future U.N. sponsored elections would also be priorities. (Reporting by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay)
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| Libya's recognised parliament rejects U.N.-backed unity government | | | Libya's internationally recognised parliament voted on Monday to reject a unity government proposed under a U.N.-backed plan to resolve the country's political crisis and armed conflict. Of 104 members attending the session in the eastern city of Tobruk, 89 voted against backing the government. Since 2014, Libya has had two competing parliaments and governments, one based in Tripoli and the other in the east. |
| EU security chiefs brace for more Islamist attacks | |  Islamic State and other militants are very likely to attempt big new attacks in Europe following those in Paris, the EU's police agency said on Monday, echoing previous warnings by senior security officials. The events in Paris "appear to indicate a shift towards a broader strategy of IS going global, of them specifically attacking France, but also the possibility of attacks against other member states of the EU in the near future", it said. There was "every reason to expect" an attack, by Islamic State or "IS-inspired terrorists or another religiously inspired terrorist group".
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| South African authorities challenge Pistorius' murder conviction appeal | |  South African authorities are challenging Olympian Oscar Pistorius appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the national prosecuting authority said on Monday. The Supreme Court of Appeal upgraded the 29-year-old's conviction to murder in December after the state prosecutors appealed the athletes April conviction for culpable homicide in the Pretoria High Court. In the affidavit, prosecutors argue that the Supreme Court of Appeal had correctly found Pistorius guilty.
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| Little sign of protest on anniversary of Egypt's uprising | |  By Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO (Reuters) - About 100 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, not to celebrate those who instigated the revolt there five years ago that overthrew Egypt's longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak but to praise the police who tried to stop them. In the weeks that followed, hundreds of Mursi's supporters were killed in the streets and thousands were locked up in the bloodiest crackdown in Egypt's modern history.
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| France set to redefine 35-hour working week, PM says | |  France will give companies the right to negotiate longer working weeks and overtime pay, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday, changes to the 35-hour week that face resistance from increasingly vocal rebel Socialist lawmakers and unions. Fiercely guarded by the workforce, and a flagship reform of the Socialist government during a boom in the late 1990s, the relatively short working week was meant to stoke job creation. "Exemptions to the legal duration of working time at 35 hours is no longer a violation of the law," Valls said after receiving a report with reform proposals from former Justice Minister Robert Badinter.
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| Former Bangladesh PM to appear in court accused of sedition | |  By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was ordered on Monday to appear in court to answer the charge of sedition, a move her supporters said was driven by politics. It was filed by Momtaz Uddin Ahmad Mehdi, a lawyer with the Bangladesh Supreme Court and a supporter of the ruling Awami League. Politics in poverty-stricken Bangladesh has for decades been marred by violent protests, nationwide strikes and bickering between supporters of Khaleda and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who have taken it in turns to lead the country.
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| Pakistan's powerful army chief says to step down when term ends | |  By Kay Johnson ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military's public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms. General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan's most powerful man. Elements of Pakistan's army have in the past been accused of tacitly supporting Islamist armed groups that launch attacks in Afghanistan and India as a way to pressure both neighbours.
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| Myanmar falls short of releasing all political prisoners | |  By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Timothy Mclaughlin YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar freed 101 political prisoners last week, bringing the number of political detainees released by President Thein Sein to more than 1,200 since his semi-civilian government took power in 2011, a watchdog group said on Monday. "The government has released all 101 political prisoners who were supposed to be released starting last week. Most of them protested against the government, including the Letpadaung copper mine, land grabs and other cases," said Bo Kyi, joint secretary of political prisoner watchdog Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
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| Belgian mayor seeks to ban male asylum seekers from pool | | | A Belgian mayor said he would propose banning male refugees from a swimming pool for a month on Monday after complaints from female bathers, earning a swift rebuke from the migration minister who said it would be ill-advised. The proposal underlined an increasingly highly-charged debate over immigration in Europe, particularly since authorities in neighbouring Germany accused gangs of migrants of sexually assaulting women in Cologne on New Year's Eve. The town recently took in 300 asylum seekers. |
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