Air strike kills mother and child in Libya’s Derna: witness
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Unidentified aircraft attacked the Libyan city of Derna early on Sunday, killing at least four people including a woman and her child, a witness said.
Sudanese migrant stabs Israeli soldier, is shot dead: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Sudanese migrant stabbed and wounded a soldier in Israel on Sunday and was shot dead, police said, adding the suspect appeared to have lashed out in solidarity with the Palestinians.
UK PM Cameron rebuked by party members for ignoring their views on EU
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a revolt from among his Conservatives for encouraging lawmakers to ignore their local party’s views on an upcoming European Union membership referendum.
Malaysia’s new Twitter police target critics of PM Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Digitally savvy Malaysian police have been taking to social media to issue warnings to critics of scandal-hit Prime Minister Najib Razak in an unusual online campaign that critics say is unlikely to work.
Britons vote Thatcher most influential woman of past 200 years
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the most influential woman of the past 200 years, according to a survey of Britons published on Tuesday which showed men place a higher value on political influence than women do.
Australian woman freed after kidnap by al Qaeda in Burkina Faso
NIAMEY (Reuters) – An elderly Australian woman kidnapped with her husband in Burkina Faso by a group affiliated to al Qaeda has been freed, neighboring Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Saturday.
Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
Tunisia finishes Libya border fence intended to keep out militants
SABKEHT ALYUN, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisia has completed a 200-km (125 mile) barrier along its frontier with Libya to try to keep out Islamist militants, and will soon install electronic monitoring systems, Defense Minister Farhat Hachani said on Satur…
Iraq’s water minister judges only tiny danger of Mosul dam collapse
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s minister of water resources on Saturday played down warnings that Mosul dam will collapse, estimating only a “one in a thousand” chance of failure and saying the solution was to build a new dam or install a deep concrete supp…
U.S. officials say North Korea may be nearing launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images taken this week of North Korea’s Sohae rocket launch site show apparent fueling activity seen in the past shortly before a rocket launch, a U.S. think-tank said, as U.S government officials signaled that a launch…
