Egyptian court jails policeman linked to Islamist deaths
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Cairo court sentenced a police officer to 10 years in prison with labor on Tuesday in connection with the deaths of 37 Islamists last year, judicial sources said, one of the most controversial incidents since an army takeover last J…
Serbia nets alleged Balkan drug boss with help from CIA
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Alleged Balkan drug boss Darko Saric, one of the most wanted figures in the crime-riddled region, surrendered to Serbian police on Tuesday as a dragnet involving the CIA closed in on him in Latin America, Serbian authorities said.
Morocco says hundreds of migrants stormed border of Spanish enclave
RABAT (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants tried to force their way into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla in two attempted mass crossings during the night on Tuesday, throwing stones at police who tried to stop them, the Moroccan government said.
Blast near Syrian border wounds three Israeli soldiers: military sources
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An explosion in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights wounded three Israeli soldiers near the Syrian frontier on Tuesday, Israeli military sources said.
German court confirms euro zone bailout scheme is legal
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Constitutional Court upheld the legality of the euro zone’s bailout fund on Tuesday, affirming a preliminary ruling back during the debt crisis in 2012 that gave a green light to the European Stability Mechanism…
Hungary tries 92-year-old communist for war crimes
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A former senior Communist Party official went on trial in Hungary on Tuesday charged with war crimes over the suppression of the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, in a landmark case that may help the country face up to its communist past….
India BJP targets ruling party over China war report
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Hindu nationalist opposition has seized upon a secret report about how the government bungled a war with China more than 50 years ago to batter the ruling party days before an election.
Car bomb damages local intelligence HQ in southern Yemen, wounds four
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants detonated a car bomb outside the local headquarters of Yemeni military intelligence in the southern Lahej province on Tuesday, wounding at least four people, a security source said.
Israel’s defense chief says U.S. projecting weakness
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defense minister has accused the United States of projecting weakness internationally and said Israel could not rely on its main ally to take the lead in confronting Iran over its nuclear program.
Amnesty accuses Cyprus of holding migrants in prison conditions
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus routinely detains migrants in prison-like conditions, sometimes breaking European Union law by holding them for more than an 18-month maximum, Amnesty International said.
