Venezuela prosecutor sees police ‘excesses’ in protest crackdown
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top state prosecutor on Sunday said security forces had committed “excesses” in breaking up nearly two months of opposition protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro that have left at least 34 dead.
One dead in Beirut gunfight between Assad supporters and opponents
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One person was killed and 10 people were wounded in clashes in south Beirut on Sunday between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, security sources said.
Hamas rally in Gaza takes aim at Egypt, Israel and Abbas
GAZA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Sunday to show support for their Islamist Hamas government, which has long been at loggerheads with Israel but is now shunned by Egypt as well.
Protesters occupy Taiwan government building over China trade pact
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators occupied part of Taiwan’s government headquarters on Sunday night in protest against a controversial trade pact with mainland China.
Gunmen seized $600,000 in heist in Libyan Islamist stronghold
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen stole $600,000 in a heist on a van taking cash to a bank in an Islamist stronghold in the volatile east where there is little state control, media said on Sunday.
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.
