Suspected Islamist rebels abduct over 100 Nigerian schoolgirls: teacher
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist insurgents have abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, a teacher said on Tuesday.
Serbia eyes renewed coalition of center-right and Socialists
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s center-right Progressive Party, which won the March election by a landslide, said on Tuesday it had offered a place in a coalition government to the Socialists of outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, despite deep differenc…
Rouhani says Iran sanctions will unravel in months
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday international sanctions on Iran would unravel in months following negotiations with world powers on its nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Bolivia’s Morales files Hague documents in sea access claim against Chile
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales personally handed over documents at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday that support his country’s claim against Chile in an ongoing case that it hopes will win it back the sea access it lo…
Afghanistan says U.S. air strike kills three civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed three civilians, the Afghan president’s office said on Tuesday.
Libya to export first oil since rebel deal
LONDON (Reuters) – A tanker is due to load 1 million barrels of crude on Tuesday from Libya’s reopened Hariga port, its first export shipment since a deal to end months of closures at its main oil terminals, the National Oil Corp. (NOC) said.
Concerned for stability, Saudi Arabia tightens curbs on dissent
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, rattled by regional turmoil that has destabilized the Middle East, is intensifying a crackdown on domestic dissent, raising fears that a more open space for public debate that emerged in recent years is under thre…
South Korean online gamer accused of murdering infant son to keep playing
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police charged a man on Tuesday for the murder of his 2-year-old son after he confessed to suffocating the child so he could leave the house to go back to playing games at an Internet cafe.
South Sudan rebels say seize oil hub Bentiu, tell foreign firms to go
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels said on Tuesday they have seized the capital of oil-producing Unity state, Bentiu, and warned oil firms to pack up and leave within a week.
Saudi Arabia: reported poison gas use by Syria is challenge to world
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Tuesday said the “grave news” that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces had carried out two poison gas attacks last week was a challenge to “international will”.
