Saudi King calls on Egypt to back Gulf accord: statement
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah called on Egypt on Wednesday to back an agreement between Gulf Arab states that ended an eight-month dispute over Qatar’s backing of Islamist movements and its promotion of Arab Spring revolts.
Pope condemns Jerusalem synagogue attack
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis has condemned an attack by two Palestinians who killed five Jews in a Jerusalem synagogue, and expressed concern about rising tension and violence in the city.
Indian police storm religious leader’s compound to find six dead
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and a baton charge in storming the hermitage of a self-styled religious leader who is resisting arrest for murder, discovering six bodies in an operation to evacuate thousands of hi…
Second Frenchman likely on IS beheading video: government spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) – France believes a second French militant appears on a beheading video released by Islamic State at the weekend, government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said on Wednesday.
Eleven kindergarten children killed in China bus crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – Eleven kindergarten children were killed when their packed bus crashed into a truck in eastern China, state media reported on Tuesday, in the latest of a series of accidents that have sparked anger over unsafe school transport.
India hands dossier to Bangladesh on terror plots
DHAKA (Reuters) – India has handed Bangladesh a list of 11 men suspected of plotting attacks including one targeting its prime minister, officials said on Wednesday, as the two countries tighten security cooperation against Islamist militants.
Pakistani family sentenced to death over ‘honor killing’ outside court
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – Four relatives of a pregnant woman who bludgeoned her to death outside one of Pakistan’s top courts were sentenced to death on Wednesday for the crime, their defense lawyer said.
Clashes near Egypt’s border with Gaza kill 10 civilians: sources
ISMAILIA Egypt (Reuters) – Ten civilians were killed overnight during fighting between the army and Islamist militants near Egypt’s border with Gaza, where the military has launched a crackdown in recent weeks, security and medical sources said on Wedn…
Saudi Arabia leans on Gulf states to close ranks as region boils
DUBAI/DOHA (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states have shelved a bitter row among themselves, hoping to repair an alliance that has been sorely tested by chaos in the Middle East and the prospect of an Iranian nuclear deal that could tilt the regional balance of…
Journalist killed in Somalia, third this year says union
BOSSASSO Somalia (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a journalist in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, the third killed in Somalia this year, a colleague and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said.
