Iran deploys Revolutionary Guards to quell ‘sedition’ in protest hotbeds
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have deployed forces to three provinces to put down anti-government unrest after six days of protests that have rattled the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
Wounded Libyans struggle as fighting in Benghazi draws to close
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Economics student Mutassim al-Misrati lost his leg in an RPG attack in April 2014 while fighting in Benghazi, his home city.
Violent crime rises in Germany and is attributed to refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Young male refugees in Germany got the blame on Wednesday for most of a two-year increase in violent crime, adding fuel to the country’s political debate over migrants.
Israel says Iran recruited Palestinian militants via South Africa
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it had cracked a Palestinian militant cell suspected of having been recruited and handled by Iranian intelligence officers who worked out of South Africa.
Death toll from Peru bus crash rises to 48 : emergency services
LIMA (Reuters) – At least 48 people were killed in Peru when a bus collided with a truck and careened off a cliff along a sharply curving highway north of the capital Lima, emergency services officials said.
Iran stages pro-government rallies after sixth day of protests
LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of Iranians took part in pro-government rallies in several cities on Wednesday in a state-sponsored show of force after six days of street unrest that has shaken the clerical leadership and left 21 people dead.
Israel offers to pay African migrants to leave, threatens jail
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them with jail if they are caught after the end of March.
Last chance? Merkel maneuvers for coalition re-run with SPD
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will put her reputation as Europe’s consummate consensus-builder on the line on Wednesday, when she launches a second bid to form a coalition government after weeks of sniping between its would-be part…
U.S. firm Ocean Infinity says hopeful of getting MH370 search contract soon
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S.-based seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity on Wednesday said it was moving a vessel closer to a possible search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as it soon expects to be awarded a contract by Malaysia to r…
Singapore bans film focused on indicted Palestinian teen activist
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has banned a film festival from screening a documentary later this week that features a teenage Palestinian female activist whose arrest last month has made her a symbol of resistance to Israeli military occupation in th…
