Election observers pull foreign staff out of Afghanistan after hotel attack
KABUL (Reuters) – Two major foreign election observer and support missions have pulled staff out of Afghanistan after a Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel, observers said on Sunday, in a move which could undermine confidence in the outcome of the crucial …
Israel closes embassies around the world as diplomats strike
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli diplomats launched an unprecedented strike on Sunday, forcing the complete closure of embassies around the world as they escalated a dispute over pay, officials said.
Adolfo Suarez dies, steered Spain out of post-Franco turmoil
MADRID (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez, who died on Sunday, steered Spain through one of the most turbulent periods in its political history and built bridges between the “two Spains” after fascist dictator General Francisco Franco died…
Seized oil tanker Morning Glory arrives in Libyan capital
ON BOARD THE MORNING GLORY, Libya (Reuters) – A commercial oil tanker seized by U.S. forces after it loaded crude at a Libya port held by anti-government rebels has docked back in the capital Tripoli, a Reuters witness said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia says it catches suspect in German diplomat shooting
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has detained a man accused of firing at German diplomats as they drove through the Eastern Province village of al-Awamiya in January, the kingdom’s interior ministry said on Sunday.
Suspected Islamists kill 20 in market bomb in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants detonated a bomb in a crowded marketplace in northeastern Nigeria killing at least 20 people, witnesses said on Sunday.
Foreign policy rifts beset Arabs ahead of summit
DUBAI/KUWAIT (Reuters) – Rifts over foreign policy will likely make it harder for Arab leaders meeting at a summit this week to forge a common stand on regional challenges, including what many of them see as a threat from Iranian-U.S. rapprochement.
Disquiet in Baltics over sympathies of Russian speakers
DAUGAVPILS, Latvia/TALLINN (Reuters) – In the former Soviet republics of Latvia and Estonia, there is unease over events in Crimea, which was formally annexed by Moscow last week on the pretext of safeguarding its Russian minorities.
After popular protests, Oman starts to pursue graft
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Young Omanis who took to the streets in 2011 to demand jobs and better economic prospects failed to trigger the mass protests that transformed other parts of the Arab world in their own Gulf state.
Malaysia Airlines flight to Nepal hit by birds, passengers safe
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A flock of birds shattered the windshields of a Malaysia Airlines jet as it landed in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, but all 180 passengers and crew were safe, an airport official said on Sunday.
