Thirty U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria’s Raqqa: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
Kabul police chief quits after attack that group says killed three staff
KABUL (Reuters) – The police chief of Afghanistan’s capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third deadly Taliban attack in 10 days on foreign guest houses in Kabul.
Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialists hold lead after partial vote count
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialist Party, which seeks to reverse a policy of integrating with mainstream Europe and join a Russia-led economic bloc instead, had a surprise lead after a partial vote count in an election in the ex-Soviet…
Uruguayan ruling party’s Vazquez wins presidential election
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Tabare Vazquez won back his old job as president of Uruguay in a runoff election on Sunday, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power and roll out a law legalizing the production and sale of marijuana.
Mubarak verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters)- – Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning a court decision to drop criminal charges against Hosni Mubarak, the president whose ouster in the 2011 uprising raised hopes of a new era of political openness.
Moldova’s pro-Moscow socialists hold lead in election after early count
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialist Party was in the lead after Sunday’s election with 30 percent of votes counted, with the Communist Party running a close second, election authorities said.
Afghan forces ill equipped to fight Taliban without NATO
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan district police chief Ahmadullah Anwari only has enough grenades to hand out three to each checkpoint in an area of Helmand province swarming with Taliban insurgents who launch almost daily attacks on security forces.
Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – The fence stretches as far as the eye can see, its concrete pillars carrying coils of barbed wire across the mountains and marshes of western Myanmar.
Qatar court overturns conviction of U.S. parents in adopted girl’s death
(Reuters) – An appeals court in Qatar on Sunday overturned the convictions of a Los Angeles couple who were sentenced to three years in jail for the death of their adopted African-born daughter, but the government was refusing to let the couple leave t…
Hong Kong protesters clash with police near heart of financial district
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police baton-charged and pepper-sprayed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in the early hours of Monday who were trying to encircle government headquarters, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of p…
