U.S. sanctions 12 Russians for human rights violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday sanctioned 12 Russians for human rights abuses, including officials who allegedly withheld medical care from a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption in Russia.
Hamas leader says rift with PLO to end soon, fight against Israel to continue
DOHA (Reuters) – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday the Islamist group was close to mending rifts with rival President Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestine Liberation Organization, but vowed resistance against Israel will continue.
Egyptian teenage scientist plans to seek asylum in United States
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Egyptian teenager who traveled to the United States to take part in a prestigious science fair has decided to seek asylum, saying he fears returning home after being accused of taking part in anti-government protests in Cairo…
North Korea building collapse may reveal Achilles heel of Kim’s regime
SEOUL (Reuters) – It may have taken the collapse of an apartment block in an exclusive district of the North Korean capital to reveal the Achilles heel of young leader Kim Jong Un’s secretive regime.
Balkan floods may have undone years of landmine detection
KARAKCIJE, Bosnia (Reuters) – When Mehmedalija Djapic bought his house on the banks of the River Bosna after the 1992-95 war, he had no idea the land around it was laced with landmines.
Blast in eastern Kenya wounds 11: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A suspected grenade blast near a mosque wounded 11 people in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa on Tuesday, close to the border with Somalia, police and disaster officials said.
Vaz wins Guinea-Bissau presidential vote, loser rejects result
BISSAU (Reuters) – Former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz won a high-stakes presidential run-off election in Guinea-Bissau meant to draw a line under a 2012 coup, the elections commission said on Tuesday, but the losing candidate rejected the result.
U.N. warns of South Sudan famine as donors pledge more aid
OSLO (Reuters) – More than a third of South Sudan’s population, or 4 million people, will be on the brink of starvation by the end of 2014 as fighting rages in the world’s newest country, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
Yemen clashes kill at least 16 people: local officials
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 16 people were killed north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday in fighting between Shi’ite Muslim tribesmen and government forces and allied Sunni Muslim rivals, local government sources said.
Five convicted of killing Russian journalist Politkovskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Five men were convicted on Tuesday of murdering 2006 of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, including three defendants who had been acquitted in a previous trial.
