Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap around 80 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria kidnapped around 80 people, many of them children, and killed three others on Sunday in a cross-border attack on villages in northern Cameroon, army and government officials said.
UK’s Cameron defends free speech ‘right to cause offense’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said there was “a right to cause offense about someone’s religion” in a free society, drawing a distinction between himself and Pope Francis in their response to the deadly Islamist attacks in…
One bomb explodes, police detonate two others in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in central Istanbul on Sunday, and police detonated two others in controlled explosions, less than two weeks after a suicide bombing killed a police officer.
Zimbabwe bus collision kills at least 25 people
HARARE (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed on Sunday when two buses collided along a highway outside Zimbabwe’s capital, police said.
Egypt’s Mursi accuses army of role in deaths during 2011 protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi accused the country’s army in one of his trials on Sunday of killing protestor during the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Israel lobbies foreign powers to cut ICC funding
JERUSALEM/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Israel is lobbying member-states of the International Criminal Court to cut funding for the tribunal in response to its launch of an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, the country’s foreign …
Rival parliament says U.N. talks must be held inside Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s rival parliament decided on Sunday that it would attend U.N.-sponsored talks to end the country’s political turmoil only if they were held inside Libya, officials said.
Iran minister’s Saudi visit delayed due to oil price fall: Tehran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia in protest against Riyadh’s reluctance to cut oil production, a senior Iranian official said on Sunday.
Al Qaeda says downs Syrian cargo plane, army says fog causes crash
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian wing of al Qaeda, the Nusra Front, said on Sunday it had shot down an army cargo plane carrying food and ammunition overnight, but Syrian state television blamed the loss of the aircraft and its crew on bad weather.
Egyptian liberals demand Mubarak face court over attack by supporters on camels
CAIRO (Reuters) – Liberal Egyptian parties filed new judicial complaints against ousted former ruler Hosni Mubarak on Sunday, including over a deadly camel charge against protesters led by his supporters, after a string of court rulings in his favor.
