Guinea opposition seeks alliance with former coup leader
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The head of Guinea’s main opposition party is seeking an alliance with the former leader of a 2008 military coup in an effort to defeat President Alpha Conde at elections in October, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Zuma defends police before ‘Marikana massacre’ report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday defended the actions of police who shot dead 34 striking workers in 2012 at Lonmin’s Marikana mine.
Organizers threaten to cancel Srebrenica anniversary event over Swiss arrest
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Organizers of the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia threatened on Tuesday to call off the event unless Swiss authorities release the region’s Muslim wartime defender.
Assad troops and rebels targeting civilians in Syria: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have dropped barrel bombs on Aleppo nearly daily this year, amounting to the war crime of targeting civilians, and insurgent shelling has caused mass casualties, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.
Druze violence over Syria poses dilemma for Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Throughout Syria’s civil war, Israel has contended with bullets and mortars straying across its northern border. But now it faces a new spillover, with sectarian violence and regional loyalties threatening to drag it into the conf…
South Korea ‘spies’ sentenced to hard labor for life in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s highest court on Tuesday sentenced two South Koreans accused of spying to hard labor for life, its state media said, calling the punishment a lesson for those who conspire with Washington and Seoul.
Islamic State fight requires new tactics: Iraqi commanders
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi army and police commanders leading an ongoing battle for control of the country’s biggest refinery say they cannot defeat Islamic State unless they change tactics to better cope with the insurgents’ guerrilla warfare technique…
WikiLeaks Saudi cable says Iran shipped nuclear equipment to Sudan
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi diplomats in Khartoum believed Iran shipped advanced nuclear equipment including centrifuges to Sudan in 2012, according to a document leaked last week that WikiLeaks says is a cable from the embassy.
Kremlin critic Navalny says Russia denies him foreign travels
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday he was suing the immigration authorities for denying him a passport to travel abroad, describing the move as an echo of Soviet times.
Pakistani cleric launches anti-ISIS curriculum in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent Pakistani Islamic cleric launched a “counter-terrorism” curriculum in London on Tuesday, to rebut the message of militant groups such as Islamic State (ISIS) and stop young people becoming radicalized and heading to Syria…
