Two soldiers killed in north Mali explosion
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Two soldiers were killed in northern Mali and four injured after an improvised explosive device blew up at a checkpoint, the government and the United Nations said on Sunday.
Army clears protesters, fires warning shots in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s army cleared thousands of protesters from the capital and opened fire at state TV headquarters on Sunday, killing one person, as it sought to restore order following the resignation of President Blaise Compaore tw…
Qaeda’s Nusra lays out conditions to release captured Lebanese soldiers
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Nusra Front has offered to free Lebanese soldiers it has captured in exchange for Islamist prisoners held in Syria and Lebanon, the SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.
Suspected suicide bomber kills 45 on Pakistani-Indian border
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 45 people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Pakistani-Indian border, police said, just after a daily ceremony when troops from both sides simultaneously lower the two nations’ flag…
Romania’s Ponta in driving seat in presidential polls
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanians seem likely to propel Prime Minister Victor Ponta into the presidency in elections that began on Sunday, consolidating his leftist Social Democrat party’s hold on power but raising questions about judicial independence.
Mexico charges seven soldiers in deaths of suspected gang members
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has charged three soldiers with murder and four with dereliction of duty over the deaths of 22 suspected gang members who died in an army confrontation in June, prosecutors said on Sunday.
Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani
BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish fighters have joined the fight against Islamic State militants in Kobani, hoping their support for fellow Kurds backed by U.S.-led air strikes will keep the ultra-hardline group from seizing the Syria…
Gunmen kill Yemeni liberal party leader
SANAA (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a leader of a liberal Yemeni political party that is close to the powerful Houthi rebel group on Sunday, the official state news agency Saba said.
Car bomb kills eight Shi’ites in Baghdad ahead of festival
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb in central Baghdad killed at least eight Shi’ite pilgrims on Sunday, police and medics said.
Sudan’s opposition Congress Party says to boycott elections
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s opposition Congress Party will boycott next year’s elections because the restrictive political climate does not allow for fair polls, its leader Ibrahim al-Sheikh said on Sunday, further undermining the credibility of the v…
