In Scotland, pro-independence leader flunks TV debate
GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) – The leader of Scotland’s campaign for independence failed to turn a U.S.-style television debate into a victory for his cause on Tuesday six weeks before Scots vote on whether to break up the United Kingdom.
Congo imprisons opposition leader following public rally
KINSHASA (Reuters) – An opposition leader in Democratic Republic of Congo was imprisoned on Tuesday after he spoke at a rally calling on President Joseph Kabila to respect constitutional term limits and step aside in presidential elections due in 2016….
Argentina rights activist to meet kidnapped grandson after 36 years
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A leading human rights activist in Argentina will finally meet the grandson torn from her family 36 years ago when he was kidnapped by agents of the country’s right-wing dictatorship.
Ceasefire agreed in Lebanese border town battle
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army and Islamist militants agreed a 24-hour ceasefire on Tuesday after four days of fighting triggered by the rebels’ seizure of a border town, in the most serious spillover of Syria’s three-year civil war into Lebanon….
Israel withdraws troops, 72-hour Gaza truce begins
GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war.
Iran nuclear talks likely on fringes of U.N. General Assembly: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers will probably discuss a potential deal on Tehran’s nuclear program on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in September, the state news agency IRNA quoted a senior Iranian negotiator as sa…
At least nine killed in shootout in Egyptian coastal town: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least five policemen and four alleged smugglers were killed on Tuesday in a shootout near a northern Egyptian town after security forces tried to stop a vehicle suspected of carrying weapons and explosives, security sources said.
United States to sell Tunisia 12 Black Hawks to aid militant fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is planning to sell Tunisia a dozen advanced attack helicopters as Washington seeks to help the North African state stamp out a mounting threat from Islamist militants.
Eleven inmates killed in Iranian prison fire
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 11 prisoners have died of suffocation in a prison fire in central Iran apparently caused by inmates, Iranian media said.
Central African Republic ceasefire in tatters after clashes
BANGUI (Reuters) – The Central African Republic’s Muslim rebels and Christian militia accused each other on Tuesday of violating a ceasefire deal signed last month, following days of clashes in the country’s remote north.
