Cocaine sales in downturn turn Italy mafia into powerhouse: report
ROME (Reuters) – The Calabrian mafia’s role as one of Europe’s biggest importers of South American cocaine has made it the most powerful economic force in its poor home region in southern Italy, a report released on Tuesday said.
Libyan PM criticizes U.S., UK and EU for failing to supply weapons
CAIRO/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s official Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni on Tuesday criticized the United States, Britain and European Union for failing to supply arms to his forces as they battle those of a rival government.
Suicide bombers kill at least 26 across north Nigeria
DAMATURU/KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suicide bombers struck two bus stations in different parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people in attacks President Goodluck Jonathan blamed on Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group he said wo…
France and Italy call for accord among Libyan factions
PARIS (Reuters) – Italy and France called on Tuesday for an accord among warring factions in Libya and said the world could not ignore near-anarchy there which was undermining regional security and feeding a growing migrant crisis.
Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A wave of bomb attacks around Baghdad killed 37 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, as at least seven explosions struck in or near the Iraqi capital, police and medical sources said.
Gunman kills eight in Czech restaurant then kills himself
UHERSKY BROD, Czech Republic (Reuters) – A local man shot dead eight people in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday and then killed himself, in the worst peacetime shooting in the country’s history, officials said.
Netanyahu’s main challenger to focus on his own security credentials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Battling Benjamin Netanyahu’s accusations that he is soft on national security, the Israeli prime minister’s main election rival said on Tuesday he would boost efforts to focus voters on his own military and strategic credentials….
British support for staying in EU hits highest since 2010: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Britain remaining in the European Union has hit its highest in more than four years, according to a poll published on Tuesday, which coincided with a fall in support for the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party.
Obama to decide soon on troop levels in Afghanistan: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will decide soon on adjusting the level of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
U.S. woman missionary kidnapped in central Nigeria
LAGOS (Reuters) – An American woman working as a Christian missionary in Nigeria was kidnapped overnight, the website of the Free Methodist Church and a security source said on Tuesday.
