U.S. says al Qaeda core weak, but affiliates still threaten
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda’s Pakistan-based “core organization” had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more “operationally autonomous”…
EU peacekeepers take charge at Central African Republic airport, violence rages
BRUSSELS/BANGUI (Reuters) – European Union peacekeepers took charge of security at Central African Republic’s main airport on Wednesday in their first major operation to try and end months of sectarian slaughter.
Air strike on Aleppo school kills 18: Syrian activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike on a school in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces killed at least 18 people on Wednesday, mainly children, a day after attacks on government-controlled cities killed more than 100 peop…
China says three killed in attack at Xinjiang train station
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three people were killed and 79 wounded in a bomb and knife attack at a train station in the far western region of China on Wednesday, state media said, as President Xi Jinping was wrapping up a vist to the area.
Mid-sized quake hits off central Chile coast; no damage reported
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Wednesday, rattling buildings in the capital, Santiago, but not causing any damage.
Lebanese presidential vote delayed as deputies boycott vote
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese politicians abandoned their second attempt to elect a new president on Wednesday after dozens of deputies boycotted a parliamentary vote to choose a successor to President Michel Suleiman.
China to conduct naval drills with Russia in East China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday it would conduct joint naval drills with Russia in the East China Sea off Shanghai in late May, in what it called a bid to deepen military cooperation.
EU peacekeepers take charge at Central African Republic airport
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union peacekeepers took charge of security at Central African Republic’s main airport on Wednesday, easing the burden on French and African troops who are struggling to contain months of sectarian slaughter in the country….
Modi in police trouble as India’s election nears climax
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Police opened an investigation against Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, tipped to be India’s next prime minister, after he flashed his party’s symbol and made a speech in a violation of election rules after he cast his ball…
Protesters urge Nigeria to step up hunt for girls abducted by Islamists
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters gathered outside Nigeria’s parliament on Wednesday called on security forces to search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants in the war-ravaged northeast over two weeks ago.
