After years off-stage, Iraq’s Sistani takes charge
NAJAF Iraq (Reuters) – Najaf is far from Baghdad’s palaces and the battlefields of northern Iraq. Its mud-brick houses, dirt alleys and concrete office blocks project little in the way of strength or sway. But it is here, where Iraq’s most influential …
Libyan suspect pleads not guilty in Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans.
Libyan suspect pleads not guilty in Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans.
China drives home message that golf courses are not the fairway to heaven
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – All that remains of the long fairways and manicured greens at the 18-hole golf course on the outskirts of Beijing are bits of rubble and mounds of mud. In March, Chinese authorities sent in workers to dig up the course and…
Libya needs two weeks to publish elections results
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya will need around two weeks to count the votes of last week’s parliamentary election and publish final results, the elections commission said on Saturday.
Explosion at small Cairo telephone exchange kills two
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded at a small telephone exchange on Cairo’s outskirts on Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and her mother, security sources said, days after a string of small bomb explosions hit the Egyptian capital’s metro netwo…
Ukraine rebels free OSCE monitors, three Ukrainians killed in attack
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said….
Sarajevo recalls the gunshot that sent the world to war
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Sarajevo marked 100 years on Saturday since the murder of an Austrian prince lit the fuse for World War One, with a concert by Vienna’s premier orchestra trying to send a message of unity to a divided country and a continent facing…
Suspect in Jewish Museum attack appeals extradition ruling
PARIS (Reuters) – The French suspect in a May 24 shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that left four people dead has appealed a French court ruling on Thursday approving his extradition to Belgium, his lawyer said on Saturday.
Saudi king, in Ramadan message, vows to crush terrorists
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah, in a Ramadan message on Saturday, vowed to crush Islamist militants threatening the kingdom, the state news agency reported, saying the world’s top oil exporter would not tolerate “a band of terrorists”.
