Shots fired at Copenhagen synagogue: Danish police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded in an attack on a synagogue in central Copenhagen, Danish police said, adding that it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an art…
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached last Thursday.
One dead in shooting at Danish meeting with artist who drew Mohammad
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A civilian was killed and three police wounded on Saturday when a masked gunman sprayed bullets into a Copenhagen meeting attended by a Swedish artist threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
German anti-euro party eyes first seats in western state
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may win seats in its first western state on Sunday, buoyed by worries Greece’s new anti-austerity government could unleash a fresh wave of turmoil in the euro zone.
‘Misfits’ plotted Valentine’s Day murders in Canada mall: minister
TORONTO (Reuters) – A group of “murderous misfits” planned a massacre on Valentine’s Day at Canada’s largest regional shopping mall, the justice minister said on Saturday, but the alleged plot was foiled by police after an anonymous tipoff.
Top officials close rank around Argentina’s embattled president
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Top government officials rallied behind Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday after a state prosecutor said he would keep investigating accusations that she tried to cover up Iran’s alleged involvement in a 1994 …
Clashes between Shi’ite Houthis and Sunnis in Yemen leave 26 dead
SANAA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shi’ite Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead.
Iraq’s Sunni blocs halt parliament activities after sheikh’s killing
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s two main parliamentary lists including Sunni lawmakers suspended their activities on Saturday in protest at the killing of a prominent Sunni tribal leader and the kidnapping of a Sunni member of parliament the night before.
Anwar back in jail but problems mount for Malaysian PM Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The biggest political threat to Malaysia’s government is behind bars after a court upheld a sodomy conviction for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, but more thorny problems confront Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Libyan oil pipeline sabotaged, gunmen storm Sirte offices
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation urgently called on Saturday for more official protection for its installations after an oil pipeline from its El Sarir field was sabotaged, halting flow to Hariga port.
