Saudis say shoot down Yemeni missile aimed at oil installations
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi air defense systems shot down a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, state media reported, which the Yemeni army said it had aimed at oil installations in the south of the kingdom.
North Korea slams Canada’s reaction to pastor’s life sentence as slander
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea expressed outrage on Tuesday at Canada’s “slanderous” reaction to a sentence of hard labor for life for a Canadian Christian convicted of subversion.
Bosnian police arrest 11 over Islamic State links
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police said on Tuesday that several locations have been raided and 11 people arrested in a search for suspects believed to be connected with Islamic State.
Islamic State shelling of Syrian school area kills nine
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants shelled a school district in eastern Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine students and wounding around 20 other people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
Senior Tibetan official warns on discrimination in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese-appointed former governor of Tibet warned on Tuesday that the government needed to make more efforts to tackle ethnic discrimination, state media said, in rare comments by a senior official on an issue more commonly take…
Ruling leftists to win Slovak election but will need coalition: poll
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Robert Fico’s leftist Smer party looked set to win Slovakia’s national election on March 5 but would need a coalition partner to form a government, a Polis opinion poll showed.
Britain says deploying military personnel to Afghan Helmand province
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it had sent military personnel to the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand following reports that the district capital Sangin was on the verge of falling to Taliban forces.
Opposition says 19 dead in Djibouti violence, government says only nine wounded
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – A Djibouti opposition group said at least 19 people were killed in clashes with police that began when people were marking a religious celebration, while the government said just nine people were wounded when police fought armed in…
Panama court orders detention of ex-president over spying
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s top court on Monday ordered the detention of former President Ricardo Martinelli who is alleged to have used public money to spy on more than 150 people illegally, one of several accusations he faces.
Thai court to give verdict in British backpackers murder trial
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court will deliver a long-awaited verdict this week in the high-profile case of two Myanmar migrant workers accused of the brutal murder of two British backpackers on the holiday island of Koh Tao.
