U.N. chief says moving ahead with Gaza war inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he was setting up an investigation into attacks on United Nations facilities during Israel’s recent war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and the use of U.N. sites to…
War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine’s next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won’t be to Russia’s liking.
Egypt sentences to death seven suspected members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven suspected members of Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis on Tuesday on charges related to attacks on the military in and around Cairo in March which killed nine soldiers, judicial so…
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plow
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic and outspoken chief executive of the French oil company Total , was killed when his private jet hit a snow plow as it was taking off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Monday night.
In Benghazi, Libya’s army liberates a ghost town
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Sitting in one of the last buildings still intact after months of fighting near Benghazi’s airport, Libyan army special forces commander Wanis Bukhamada presides over a world of destruction.
Sudan’s Bashir chosen by ruling party as candidate for 2015 elections
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ruling party chose President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Tuesday as its candidate for next year’s presidential vote, making it almost certain that he will not step aside but extend his rule after 25 years in power.
Death toll in Nepal’s worst trekking disaster reaches 43
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out three bodies of Nepali citizens killed in last week’s freak blizzards and avalanches, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation’s worst trekking disaster to 43.
Egypt court sets January 1 appeal date for Al Jazeera journalists
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court has set January 1 as the date for an appeals hearing for the three Al Jazeera journalists serving jail time in Egypt, the network said on Tuesday.
Iran arrests several spies near Bushehr nuclear plant: Fars news agency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iranian security services have arrested several suspected spies in the southern province of Bushehr where the country’s first nuclear power plant is located, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
Hong Kong students put their case to government, but no breakthrough
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong protesters listened raptly from the streets on Tuesday as student leaders debated their call for full democracy for the Chinese-run city with government leaders to try end a weeks-long occupation of major tr…
