Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in eastern Ukraine.
China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese investigative journalist who accused officials of corruption has been released after almost a year in detention, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Afghanistan election crisis deepens with new fraud allegations
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s troubled presidential election plunged deeper into crisis on Sunday when one of the main contenders accused a deputy of President Hamid Karzai of orchestrating fraud in favour of his rival.
More than 20 killed as Libya factions fight to control airport
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s government said more than 20 people had been killed in the latest battles between factions seeking to control Tripoli airport on Sunday, while fighting led to a huge fire raging nearby at the city’s fuel depot.
Egypt awards Suez hub project to consortium that includes army: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has chosen a consortium that includes the Egyptian army and global engineering firm Dar al-Handasah to develop an international industrial and logistics hub in the Suez Canal area, government and military sources said on Sunday….
Somalia executes three suspected militants by firing squad
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Three men were executed by firing squad on Sunday after a Somali military court found them guilty of killing civilians in a series of recent attacks in the country blamed on al Shabaab Islamist militants.
Death toll from China factory explosion rises to 71: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – An explosion that ripped through a motor wheels factory in the eastern China province of Jiangsu killed 71 people and injured 186, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
China police detain six in tainted meat scandal: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China have detained six executives of a meat supply company at the center of the latest food safety scare to hit the country, state media reported on Sunday.
Militants attack Tunisian army base, kill one soldier
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian soldier was killed after Islamist militants tried to storm an army base early on Sunday in the town of Sbitla near the Algerian border, the Tunisian government said on Sunday.
Commonwealth Games fails to give Scottish nationalists a lift: poll
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Success for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games has not translated into a boost for the nation’s independence movement, according to a poll on Sunday, with time running out ahead of the September referendum.
