Police disperse crowd after Belgium bans French comedian event
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police used water cannon on Sunday to disperse a crowd after authorities banned a rally in Brussels that a French comedian accused of anti-Semitism was due to address.
Yemeni army in heavy fighting; six soldiers die in suicide blast
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country’s most impen…
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams expected to be released by police: source
ANTRIM, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police are expected to release Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams later on Sunday and send a file to the province’s public prosecutor after four days of questioning, a source familiar with the case told R…
South Africa’s ANC vows to extend rule, rivals promise election ‘shock’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling ANC predicted it would sweep national elections this week on promises to build more houses, create jobs and eradicate inequality, but opponents warned of a shock for a party they said was arrogant after 20…
Blasts hit buses in Kenyan capital, casualties feared
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two buses driving on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi were struck by explosive devices on Sunday, ripping a huge hole in one of the vehicles.
U.N. chief says Syrian authorities holding up aid access
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations said on Sunday that “bureaucratic resistance” by Bashar al-Assad’s government was preventing aid getting to millions of Syrians in need due to the three-year-old conflict.
Iran has briefed U.N. nuclear agency on detonators: ISNA
DUBAI/VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has provided the U.N. nuclear watchdog with information about detonators with possible military applications, under an accord intended to allay concerns about Tehran’s atomic activities, an Iranian news agency said on Sund…
Tight finish looms in Panama presidential election
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s presidential election on Sunday is expected to be the closest in decades, as the opposition battles to deny outgoing President Ricardo Martinelli a chance to keep an indirect hold over the booming Central American econo…
Syria court accepts Assad’s presidential nomination bid
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian court said on Sunday it had accepted requests from President Bashar al-Assad and two other candidates to be nominated to run in a presidential election next month.
Yemen says 37 militants killed in southern army offensive: Saba
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen said on Sunday 37 al Qaeda fighters had been killed in heavy clashes between the army and the militants in the southern Shabwa province.
