Syrian rebel, friend of al Qaeda leader, killed by rival Islamists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel commander who fought alongside al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and was close to its current chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed by a suicide attack on Sunday, intensifying infighting between rival Islamist fighters.
Estonia’s PM to resign as parties prepare for 2015 vote
TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia’s Prime Minister Andrus Ansip said on Sunday he would submit his and his government’s resignation to the country’s president on March 4, with slightly more than a year to go before parliamentary elections.
American-Israeli prisoner killed in jail battle with police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police shot dead an American-Israeli prisoner on Sunday after he wounded three guards with a pistol at a jail near Tel Aviv, police said.
Seventeen dead in bombings and shootings in Iraq
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in bombings and shootings in northern Iraq and Baghdad on Sunday, police and medical sources said.
Pakistan jets pound militant hideouts, killing 38
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani fighter jets attacked suspected militant hideouts in tribal areas on the Afghan border on Sunday, killing at least 38 insurgents, officials said, in the third air strike in recent days.
Polls show Scots becoming more skeptical about independence
LONDON (Reuters) – Scots are becoming more skeptical about the idea of Scotland becoming independent of the United Kingdom, two polls showed on Sunday, delivering a setback to nationalists who want the small country to call off its 307-year-old union w…
Activists say Syrian security forces abduct prominent dissident
AMMAN (Reuters) – Akram al-Bunni, a prominent leftist writer and former political prisoner, was abducted by Syrian intelligence agents as he left a wedding reception at a Damascus hotel on Saturday, opposition activists said.
France risks long stay after misjudging Central African Republic
PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – When France sent troops to halt violence between Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic, commanders named the mission Sangaris after a local butterfly to reflect its short life. Three months later, it is clear they b…
Suspected Liberian gunmen attack Ivorian border town
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – At least four Ivorian soldiers and several attackers were killed when suspected gunmen from Liberia raided a border town in the west of the country, authorities said on Sunday.
At 90, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says has energy of 9-year-old
MARONDERA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Robert Mugabe celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday, having spent more than a third of his life as leader of Zimbabwe, lauded as a liberation hero by some and condemned as a human rights abuser by others.
