Egyptian rights group asks court to halt official move to shut it down
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian organization that documents rights abuses and treats torture victims said on Sunday it had filed an urgent application to a court in the hope of halting plans by authorities to shut it down on Monday.
Ten killed in thwarted Ivory Coast prison break: authorities
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Nine prisoners and one guard were killed at the main jail in Ivory Coast in a failed escape attempt by inmates who had obtained firearms, prosecutor general Aly Yeo said on state television on Sunday.
Kerry meets with Abbas, urges calm, decrease in violence
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged calm in talks on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to a two-state …
U.S. businessman detained in Iran denied access to lawyer
WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian-American businessman detained in Iran since October has been denied access to his lawyer by authorities, his attorney and family said in an interview and on social media over the last two days.
Close runoff seen in Peru election as Fujimori loses ground: poll
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian presidential election favorite Keiko Fujimori is losing ground to technocrat Julio Guzman, whose candidacy faces legal questions, and may be heading toward a tight run-off vote, according to a poll published Sunday.
Twin bombings claimed by Islamic State kill dozens in Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Twin car bomb blasts killed at least 57 people in Syria’s Homs on Sunday, a monitoring group said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
Hindu priest killed in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid.
Syria’s Assad says he is ready for truce if ‘terrorists’ do not exploit it
BEIRUT/MADRID (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire, on condition “terrorists” did not use a lull in fighting to their advantage and that countries backing insurgents halted support for them.
Death toll rises to seven in Kashmir militant clash
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – The death toll from a militant attack in India’s disputed Kashmir region rose to seven on Sunday, as security forces fought to flush attackers out of a building they had stormed.
‘I don’t need lectures,’ Museveni tells EU after poll criticism
KAMPALA (Reuters) – President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday dismissed European Union and U.S. criticism of Uganda’s presidential election, telling foreign observers not to lecture him.
