U.N. peace envoy criticizes Israeli Easter security in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police refused to let the U.N.’s peace envoy to the Middle East, other diplomats and a crowd of Palestinians pass through a barricade to attend a pre-Easter ritual in the Jerusalem church that Christians revere as the buri…
Mediator heads to east Ukraine, seeking surrenders
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – A mediator from Europe’s OSCE security body headed to eastern Ukraine on Saturday seeking the surrender of pro-Russian separatists as the Kiev government declared an Easter truce following a peace accord with Moscow.
Sudanese militants kill two, kidnap three at oil field
CAIRO (Reuters) – Armed militants killed two security staff and kidnapped a Chinese, an Algerian and a Sudanese worker in an attack on an oil field in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad said on Saturday.
Iran slams U.S. justice verdict on Manhattan skyscraper
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday criticized a U.S. government move to seize a Manhattan skyscraper owned largely by a foundation that promotes its language and Islamic culture, saying this violated the right to religious freedom in the United States….
Kidnapped Uzbek doctor freed in northern Yemen: local official
SANAA (Reuters) – An Uzbek doctor kidnapped in northern Yemen last week has been freed, a provincial official said on Saturday.
Two killed by bomb inside Bahrain car: ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – Two people were killed in a car that blew up in a mainly Shi’ite village in Bahrain on Saturday, and the interior ministry said the initial investigation showed that a homemade bomb had detonated inside the vehicle.
High stakes as restive Benghazi votes in Libyan local polls
BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libyan voters went to the polls on Saturday to elect municipal council members in 15 cities, including Benghazi, the country’s second city, which is seeking greater autonomy for the eastern seaboard region.
Air strike kills 10 al Qaeda militants, three civilians in Yemen: Saba
SANAA (Reuters) – An air strike killed 10 al Qaeda militants in central Yemen on Saturday after an intelligence report said they were planning attacks on civil and military targets in al-Bayda province, the state news agency Saba said.
Eighty percent of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has shipped out or destroyed approximately 80 percent of its declared chemical weapons material, the head of the international team overseeing the disarmament process said on Saturday.
Italy gives wife, daughter of wanted Kazakh banker refugee status
ROME (Reuters) – The wife and daughter of a Kazakh tycoon who is wanted in three countries for alleged fraud have been granted refugee status in Italy, their lawyer said on Friday.
