Syria’s Assad secure, will seek re-election: Hezbollah leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will stand for re-election this year and no longer faces a threat of being overthrown, the head of his Lebanese Shi’ite ally Hezbollah said in an interview published on Monday.
Two United Nations workers killed in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Two foreign consultants working for the United Nations anti-drugs agency in Somalia were shot dead on Monday at an airport in north central Somalia, a U.N. official said.
Putin warns against letting West use anti-Kremlin groups
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Monday to ensure Russia did not follow what he said was Ukraine’s example by letting the West use local groups for “destructive” purposes.
U.S. presses on with Mideast talks rescue attempt
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. efforts to save Middle East peace talks from collapse showed little sign of progress on Monday amid threats from Israel to retaliate for what it saw as unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood.
U.S. to send F-16 jets to Romania for exercises
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-16 fighter jets to Romania this month as part of planned joint exercises, the NATO member’s defense minister was quoted as saying, amid rising tensions in neighboring Ukraine after Russia’s annexati…
Fighting in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon kills five
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in fighting on Monday between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon, local sources said.
Putin tells security service to be on alert, warns on NGOs
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Monday to be on the alert against militant attacks and said Russia must not let non-governmental organizations be used for “destructive” purposes “as in Ukraine”.
Nigeria clashes between Fulani herdsmen and vigilantes kill 72
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Clashes in northwest Nigeria between suspected Fulani cattle rustlers mounted on motorbikes and local youth vigilantes from the rival Hausa ethnic group left at least 72 people dead, police said on Monday.
Egypt court upholds jailing of prominent pro-democracy activists
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government
Absentee Bouteflika dominates Algerian presidential poll
CHLEF, Algeria (Reuters) – At a packed sports hall in western Algeria, portraits of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gaze down on supporters rallying for his re-election. But the leader himself, weakened by a stroke a year ago, is a no-show.
