Taliban attack kills 19 Afghan soldiers, more missing: official
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban attacked an Afghan army base in the country’s eastern Kunar province early on Sunday, killing 19 soldiers and kidnapping seven, the spokesman for the provincial governor said.
Iran shuts reformist paper over comments on law
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities shut a reformist newspaper on Thursday, less than a week after its launch, because it published comments critical of Islamic criminal law.
Venezuela deaths rise as unrest claims student and biker
CARACAS (Reuters) – A female student and a young supermarket worker were the latest fatalities from Venezuela’s political unrest as the death toll from 10 days of violence rose on Saturday to at least eight.
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council achieved rare unity to act on Syria’s civil war on Saturday when Russia and China supported adoption of a resolution to boost aid access in Syria that threatens to take “further steps” in the case of…
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves Syria aid access resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council achieved rare unity to act on Syria’s civil war on Saturday when Russia and China supported adoption of a resolution to boost aid access in Syria that threatens to take “further steps” in the case of…
Police fire tear gas at Istanbul anti-government protest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish riot police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse thousands of demonstrators in central Istanbul protesting against what they see as authoritarian new laws from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
Suicide bomber kills three in Lebanon: security sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed two Lebanese soldiers and a civilian with a car bomb at an army checkpoint in a Hezbollah stronghold in northeast Lebanon on Saturday, security sources said.
Seeking cheap stocks, chaos no problem? Try Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Investing in Libyan stocks may sound like an absurd idea at a time when the North African country is descending into chaos and armed militias seize oil ports or ministries at will.
Ukraine parliament ousts Yanukovich, Tymoshenko freed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted to remove President Viktor Yanukovich after three months of street protests, while his arch-rival Yulia Tymoshenko hailed opposition demonstrators as “heroes” in an emotional speech in Kiev after she was rele…
Brazil presidential poll tips Rousseff win; Neves support slips
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff would likely win a second, four-year term if elections scheduled for October were held today, a poll published by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper said on Saturday.
