At least 10 killed in overnight fighting in Yemen’s Taiz
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in overnight battles in the Yemeni city of Taiz between Houthis and militiamen, residents and medical sources said on Sunday.
Egypt executes six militants for attack on soldiers
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has executed six members of a Sinai-based militant group with links to Islamic State for carrying out an attack on soldiers near Cairo in 2014, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian women
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ over Mursi death sentence bid by Egyptian court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Mursi, a State Department official said on Sunday.
Special Report: The middle-class Islamists behind Tunisia’s museum attack
SBIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) – One of the young men was a high school literature student who helped his father tend the family olive trees in their isolated farming community near the Algerian border.
In Asian seas, a migrant boat finds nowhere to land
THE ANDAMAN SEA (Reuters) – For several days, the fate of roughly 300 desperate Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants has been subject to a repetitive dance in waters just out of sight of gleaming Thai beach resorts.
Turkey says shot down helicopter, while Syrian TV says it was drone
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey said it shot down a Syrian helicopter on Saturday that had violated its airspace, while Syrian state media said it was a remotely controlled surveillance drone.
Egyptian court seeks death penalty for ex-president Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011.
Burundi takes 18 suspects in failed coup to court
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi took 18 people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the high court on Saturday, relatives of some of the accused said.
Turkey says shot down helicopter, while Syrian TV says it was drone
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey said it shot down a Syrian helicopter on Saturday that had violated its airspace, while Syrian state media said it was a remotely controlled surveillance drone.
