Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – The commander of Libyan army special forces said on Monday he had allied with renegade general Khalifa Haftar in his campaign against militant Islamists, highlighting the failure of central government in Tripoli to a…
Gunmen kill three policemen at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University
(Reuters) – Gunmen killed three policemen on Monday night at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, security sources said, a week before a presidential election former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win.
Seven bodies dumped in truck in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Seven bodies were dumped in a light truck in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas where a battle between drug gangs has sparked a wave of bloody shootouts and massacres, the government said on Monday.
No budget, no elevators: political crisis gums up Thai government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Bangkok’s Government House, the seat of power in the heart of the Thai capital, has stood empty for six months, except for the troops guarding it from protesters who want to oust the administration and overhaul Thailand’s democracy….
South Korea offers little in way of legal recourse for sunken ferry crew
MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s legal system appears to be failing 15 surviving crew of a ferry that sank last month, killing hundreds of children, with their being tried and convicted by an angry public before the case has even come to co…
London imam Abu Hamza convicted of U.S. terrorism charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on Monday, following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher’s controversial anti-Western statements.
Suspected al Shabaab militants kill at least 12 in northern Kenya ambush
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – Suspected Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 people in an ambush in northern Kenya on Monday, a day after Kenyan jets pounded the Islamists’ bases over the border, disaster and police officials said.
Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction ‘terrifying’
MAGLAJ, Bosnia/KRUPANJ, Serbia (Reuters) – Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the “terrifying” destruction to that of the country’s…
Election officials at sharp end in separatist Ukraine city
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – From a cramped office in residential Donetsk, election officials were frantically working on Sunday to prepare for Ukraine’s May 25 presidential poll, despite what they described as intimidation and threats from pro-Russian…
U.S. warns of risk of renewed conflict after Mali clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The United States warned on Monday that northern Mali risked sliding back into war and called for the government and Tuareg separatists to return to talks after deadly clashes in a traditional rebel stronghold at the weekend.
