El Salvador detains Spanish priest for smuggling cell phones into jail
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvadoran police detained a Spanish priest known for supporting a fragile gang truce over allegations he smuggled cell phones into jail, police said, a move questioned later on Wednesday by El Salvador’s president.
Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza Strip
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N.-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fightin…
Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine even as G7 leaders warned of further steps, while Ukraine’s government accused pro-Russian rebels of placing land mines near the site of a crash…
U.S. bars Venezuelan officials accused of abuses in protests
WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Washington barred a group of Venezuelan officials, including government ministers and presidential advisers, from the United States on Wednesday after accusing them of abuses in a crackdown on protests against President N…
Army breaks up protests as Yemen raises fuel prices
SANAA (Reuters) – One woman was killed in protests that erupted in Sanaa on Wednesday after the Yemeni government announced a rise in fuel prices.
Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Hezbollah commander has died during a mission in Iraq, sources familiar with the incident said on Wednesday, indicating the Lebanese group that is already fighting in Syria’s civil war may be involved in a second conflict in the re…
Shi’ite militia hangs up 15 executed Sunnis in Iraqi square
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public square in the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
Venezuela opposition head Aveledo resigns
CARACAS (Reuters) – The leader of Venezuela’s opposition coalition, Ramon Aveledo, resigned on Tuesday after a five-year stint in which he united fractious politicians but failed to end socialist rule.
Iran frees U.S.-Iranian, three journalists still held: source
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian-American man detained along with three journalists in Iran last week has been released, a source close to one of those being held said on Wednesday.
Fourth female suicide bomber hits Nigeria’s Kano, kills six
KANO Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew herself up at a college in northern Nigeria’s biggest city of Kano on Wednesday, killing six people in the fourth such attack there in less than a week, the government said.
