Bangladesh executes two opposition leaders for 1971 war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders on Sunday for war crimes committed during the 1971 war to break away from Pakistan, a senior police official said, in a move likely to draw an angry reaction from supporters.
Putin says seeks global anti-terrorism fight after 19 killed in Mali attack
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he wanted global cooperation to combat terrorism after Islamist militants killed 19 people, including six Russians, in an attack on a luxury hotel in Mali
Four wounded in stabbing attack in southern Israel: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Four people were wounded in a stabbing attack in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat on Saturday in what police said bore the hallmarks of previous stabbings by Palestinians.
Female suicide bombers in Cameroon attack that kills eight
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Four civilians were killed in northern Cameroon on Saturday in a suicide bomb assault by suspected Boko Haram militants in which three female attackers and one man blew themselves up, security sources said.
‘Not in my name’ – Italy’s Muslims rally against terrorism
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Muslims braved pouring rain to distance themselves from Islamist militants in rallies in Rome and other cities on Saturday.
Italy art critics, politicians recriminate after $16 million paintings heist
ROME (Reuters) – Amid recriminations and wildly diverging theories, Italian politicians and art critics are still trying to comprehend a dramatic robbery which saw 17 paintings including several masterpieces taken from a museum in Verona this week.
South Korea reformist and former president Kim Young-sam dies
SEOUL (Reuters) – Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, who was elected to office in 1992 and put an end to more than three decades of military rule, died early on Sunday at the age of 87.
Kerry to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders on ending violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the region to try to stop ongoing violence, although senior U.S. official insisted it was not a renewed effort to broker a peace accor…
Bosnia marks 20 years since a peace deal that still divides
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A metal capsule containing over 20,000 wishes for the future was stored away in a Sarajevo museum on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the peace deal that ended the Bosnian war but left the country deeply divided and dysfunc…
Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
PARIS (Reuters) – Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday.
