Emblematic Venezuelan prisoner begins hunger strike for freedom
CARACAS (Reuters) – An imprisoned former Caracas police commissioner at the center of stalled political talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, demanding he be released due to frail health.
U.N. peacekeepers to focus on protecting South Sudan civilians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday authorized peacekeepers in South Sudan to focus on protecting civilians instead of state-building activities, backing the use of force by U.N. troops amid worsening violence in the world’s…
Libyan Islamists to U.S.: Don’t interfere or face worse than Iraq
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – The leader of Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia in Libya’s Benghazi city warned the United States on Tuesday against interference or it would face worse than the conflicts in Somalia, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Iran’s population drive worries women’s rights, health advocates
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader has called for a population increase, in an edict likely to restrict access to contraception that critics fear could damage women’s rights and public health.
Boko Haram attack kills 31 Nigerian security personnel
DAMATURU/MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram gunmen attacked a Nigerian military base and adjacent police barracks in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi, killing 31 security personnel, security sources and witnesses said.
French opposition chief quits amid party funding probe
PARIS (Reuters) – The chairman of France’s conservative opposition party UMP, Jean-Francois Cope, bowed to pressure on Tuesday to step down amid an investigation into party funding, throwing open the race for the UMP nomination for president in 2017.
U.S. says cannot corroborate Nigerian claim it has located girls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it did not have independent information to confirm Nigeria’s claim to know the whereabouts of more than 200 kidnapped girls and questioned the wisdom of making public such information.
Demonstrators storm president’s headquarters in Abkhazia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Demonstrators stormed the presidential headquarters in Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of a leader they accuse of corruption and misrule, Interfax reported.
Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Djibouti suicide attack
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali rebel group al Shabaab was behind the restaurant attack in Djibouti by two suicide bombers over the weekend that killed a Turkish national and wounded several Western soldiers, the militants said on Tuesday.
Estonia exercise shows NATO’s growing worry about cyber attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It started with hactivists defacing websites and a e-mails pointing users to links that stole data.
