Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs: activists
DUBAI (Reuters) – Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an apparent reprisal for the execution of a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric earlier this month.
Spain’s Princess Cristina stands trial on tax fraud charges
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain’s Princess Cristina appeared in court on Monday on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her husband’s business affairs finally went t…
Effort to revive Afghanistan peace talks begins in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States held talks on Monday to resurrect a stalled Afghan peace process and end nearly 15 years of bloodshed, even as fighting with Taliban insurgents intensifies.
U.S. may send more strategic weapons to Korean peninsula: South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and its ally South Korea were discussing on Monday sending more strategic U.S. weapons to the Korean peninsula, a day after a U.S. B-52 bomber flew over South Korea in response to North Korea’s nuclear test last week…
As Anglicans meet, spiritual leader says schism would be failure
LONDON (Reuters) – A schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexual rights and women clerics would be a failure but not a disaster, the spiritual head of Anglicans said on Monday at the start of a high-stakes meeting between conservative an…
Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight
KABUL (Reuters) – A mortar bomb hit a secondary school in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Monday, killing at least three pupils and wounding eight, the education ministry said in a statement.
Al Qaeda warns Saudi Arabia it will pay for executing militants
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda has warned Saudi Arabia it will pay for the executions of dozens of its members, saying they were intended to be a new year’s gift to Riyadh’s Western allies aimed at consolidating the rule of the Saud dynasty.
Swiss right-wing icon Blocher says will stay on to annoy enemies
ZURICH (Reuters) – Christoph Blocher, the combative populist who helped make the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) the dominant force in national politics, says he will push his anti-EU and anti-immigration campaigns even after quitting his last pa…
Indonesian forces regroup after failing to capture top militant
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian security forces are regrouping to launch a more aggressive campaign to hunt for the country’s most-wanted man, police said on Monday, after months of fruitless searching in the jungles of Sulawesi island.
Fire at Israeli rights group office probably not arson, official says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A fire that destroyed the Jerusalem offices of one of Israel’s leading human rights groups was probably caused by a short circuit, not by arson, an Israeli fire brigade official said on Monday.
