Iraq names moderate Sunni parliament speaker in move to break political deadlock
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi politicians named a moderate Sunni Islamist as speaker of parliament on Tuesday, a long-delayed first step towards a power-sharing government urgently needed to save the state from disintegration in the face of a Sunni uprisin…
Chile invokes anti-terrorism laws after device explodes in subway
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Chilean government said on Tuesday it will invoke anti-terrorist laws in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the explosion of a homemade device on a Santiago subway train late Sunday night.
Turkish president approves Kurdish peace process law
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a law on Tuesday for peace talks with Kurdish militants in an important step towards ending a three-decade insurgency less than a month before a presidential election.
U.S. designates suspected Norwegian al Qaeda member a ‘terrorist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Norwegian citizen suspected of joining al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and receiving bomb-making training during visits to Yemen has been named a “specially designated global terrorist” by the U.S. government, the State Depar…
Over 25 killed in Nigeria militant attack, government air strike
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 26 people were killed when suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and a government warplane opened fire to repel the attackers, local residents and a security source said on…
Hamas homemade rocket industry bypasses crumbling supply lines
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Hamas fighters once tried in vain to copy Israel’s iconic submachine gun, the Uzi. Twenty years on, their homemade rockets streak more than 100 km (60 miles) from Gaza toward the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
Kerry calls for halt to ‘dangerous’ Libya violence
TRIPOLI Libya (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday called for a halt to “dangerous” levels of violence in Libya after militia clashes in Tripoli closed the country’s main airport, destroyed most planes parked there, and prompted th…
Kenya seizes 341-kg heroin haul on ship in Mombasa
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police on Tuesday seized 341.7 kg of heroin hidden in the diesel tank of a ship, the biggest ever single seizure of drugs at the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
U.S. top spy to leave Berlin by end of week: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The CIA station chief in Berlin ordered out by Germany over fresh allegations of U.S. spying will leave the country by the end of the week, a German newspaper reported on Tuesday.
UK’s Cameron turns to women and Eurosceptics in major ministerial shake-up
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday pushed through his biggest government shake-up since coming to power in 2010, promoting women and Eurosceptics to senior roles in an appeal to voters in next May’s national election.
