Suicide bomber kills two, wounds 14 at mosque in northeastern Nigeria
ABUJA/BAUCHI (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Tuesday, killing at least two other people and wounding 14 during prayers, a Red Cross official and witnesses said.
Haiti enters uncertain political phase as parliament dissolved
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The Haitian parliament was dissolved on Tuesday after the failure of last-ditch negotiations for a deal to extend the terms of its members to avert a political crisis in the Caribbean country.
U.N. to launch Libya talks despite doubts over participation
By Ahmed Elumami and Feras BosalumTRIPOLI, Jan 13 (Reuters) – The United Nations said it will launch talks on Wednesday in Geneva between warring Libyan factions even though one side has delayed its decision on attending negotiations aimed at averting …
Charlie Hebdo to publish Mohammad cartoon on front page
PARIS/BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) – Charlie Hebdo will publish a front page showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad holding a sign saying “Je suis Charlie” in its first edition since Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical newspaper.
Ukraine bus attack kills 11 as airport battle worsens
KIEV (Reuters) – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust …
Uganda says LRA rebel to be handed to international court
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A senior Lord’s Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week to the U.S. military in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague for trial, a Ugandan army spokesman …
U.S. brands as ‘terrorist’ Pakistani Taliban head behind massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday declared Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah a “global terrorist,” making it a crime to engage in transactions with the man behind the Dec. 16 attack in which 134 children at a Peshawar school w…
Cuban dissidents out of prison but not entirely free
HAVANA (Reuters) – Most of the 53 Cuban prisoners released from jail under a historic U.S.-Cuba accord remain bound to the justice system under conditions that could easily return them to prison, dissident leaders say.
Sri Lankan opposition files graft complaint against former president
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Marxist opposition filed a corruption complaint on Tuesday against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his relatives and asked the anti-graft body to prevent them from leaving the country.
Revived Nazi-era term ‘Luegenpresse’ is German non-word of year
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German linguists’ panel has chosen a Nazi-era term “Luegenpresse” (lying press), which anti-immigrant protesters have revived and shouted at the media, as the country’s non-word of the year.
