Second suicide bomber in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympic…
In Cambodia, pressure mounts on a longtime leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian garment factory workers Then Any and Vong Pov aren’t showing up for work anymore. They make pairs of jeans sold in American stores at prices per pair higher than their $80 monthly income and struggle to make ends meet.
Congo’s army repels attacks in Kinshasa, dozens killed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese troops killed dozens of armed youths who attacked the airport, a military barracks and state television headquarters in the capital Kinshasa on Monday in incidents claimed by a disgruntled religious leader.
Uganda says region ready to take on, defeat South Sudan rebel leader
JUBA (Reuters) – Uganda’s president said on Monday the nations of East Africa had agreed to move in to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional c…
Second suicide bomber in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympic…
Egypt likely to change roadmap, hold presidential vote first: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable in a way that could see army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi elected head of sta…
Shots fired at German ambassador’s residence in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants opened fire on the German ambassador’s residence in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on Monday in an attack seen as an attempt to sour relations between debt-laden Greece and its biggest creditor nation…
Fighting erupts as Iraq police break up Sunni protest camp
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Fighting erupted when Iraqi police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said.
Nigeria says forces kill 56 Islamists in ground and air assault
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian government forces killed at least 56 Islamist Boko Haram fighters in a combined air and ground offensive in the northeast, the military said on Monday.
Four killed in Christian-Muslim clashes in Central African Republic’s capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Heavy weapons fire rang out in the north of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Monday during inter-religious clashes and the Red Cross said at least four people were killed.
