Spain files suit against Catalonia head over secession vote
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s state prosecutor will sue Catalan leader Artur Mas for defying a court ruling and holding a symbolic vote on the region’s independence from the rest of the country.
Congo police executed 51 in anti-gang operation: Human Rights Watch
KALEMITE Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused police in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday of summarily executing at least 51 people in an anti-gang operation and of being responsible for the disappearance …
Hong Kong clears part of protest site – with help of protesters
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Tuesday cleared part of a protest camp in the heart of the city that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months, leaving most of the main protest site intact.
Disgraced China security chief accused of economic ‘meddling’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Disgraced former Chinese domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang caused serious economic damage with his “meddling” in the province where he had his powerbase, an official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, in a rare public mention of h…
Kenyan youths kill three men on coast after police raid mosques
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – A group of youths with machetes and knives killed three people on Kenya’s coast after police raided two mosques that officials said were used to recruit Islamist militants, police said on Tuesday.
Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) – (This November 17, 2014 story was refiled to correct to the Saudi-Iraq border in paragraph 8)
White House reviewing policy toward U.S. hostages held by militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of U.S. policy governing efforts to free Americans being held by militant groups overseas, the White House said on Monday.
Militant attack deaths soar to all-time high: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of people killed in militant attacks worldwide jumped more than 60 percent last year to a record high of nearly 18,000 and the figure could rise further in 2014 due to an escalation of conflict in the Middle East and N…
Truck bomb kills two in attack on foreign base in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A truck bomb ripped through the outer perimeter of a foreign security compound in Afghanistan’s capital early on Tuesday, killing two Afghan security guards and wounding a foreigner, police and security sources said.
Thanks but no thanks: Pakistan PM shuns Indian limo for Nepal summit
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will bring his own car to a regional meeting in Nepal next week, an official said on Tuesday, turning down an offer to borrow a bulletproof limousine lent by Pakistan’s arch rival, India.
