Kidnapped Tunisian embassy workers freed in Libya
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian diplomat and an embassy worker kidnapped earlier this year by unknown gunmen in Libya arrived at dawn on Monday at a Tunis airport after being freed on Sunday.
Bulgarian leaders appeal for public calm after bank runs
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s leaders have appealed to citizens not to panic and withdraw their savings when banks reopen on Monday, following runs on two major lenders that have raised concerns for the Balkan country’s financial stability.
Jailed Benghazi suspect ‘not cooperative’: congressman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Libyan militia leader accused of being part of the deadly 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been “compliant but not cooperative” with U.S. interrogators, Representative Mike Rogers said on Sund…
In peril under India’s new PM, a vestige of Soviet-style planning
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never had a high opinion of the Planning Commission, an institutional vestige of the country’s attempts to mimic the Soviet command economy during the infancy of its independence more than half …
Iraqi army presses Tikrit assault as lawmakers scramble to fill posts
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s army sent tanks and armored vehicles to try to dislodge insurgents from the northern city of Tikrit on Sunday, the second day of a pushback against a Sunni militant takeover of large stretches of Iraq.
Israel bombs Gaza after rocket attacks, Hamas gunman killed
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces attacked militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing a Hamas gunman and wounding two others after a spate of rocket launches from the Palestinian territory, officials on both sides said.
Nigerian Islamists attack villages, churches near Chibok, dozens killed
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed dozens of people on Sunday in an attack on three Nigerian villages, including one targeting worshippers at a church, a few kilometres (three miles) from Chibok, the scene of an abduction…
Ukraine’s Poroshenko urges Putin to tighten borders after violence
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to strengthen Russian control over its borders to prevent militants and arms entering Ukraine after violence broke a truce there.
Police use pepper spray to break up fan fight in Rio stadium
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police used pepper spray to break up fights between Brazilian and Uruguayan fans during a World Cup match at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium on Saturday, a spokesman for the event’s local organizing committee said on Sunday…
Israel cranks up media campaign ahead of Iran nuclear deal deadline
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged international negotiators on Sunday not to “surrender” to Tehran, as he launched a media blitz three weeks ahead of a deadline for an Iranian nuclear deal.
