Bombings and shootings kill 26 around Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A parked car bomb blew up by a crowded Baghdad market on Tuesday night, killing at least 14 people and bringing the day’s total death toll in political violence around Iraq to 26, security and medical sources said.
Rockets rain on Libyan power plant as militias battle
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – More than 100 rockets fired in clashes between rival government-paid militia have knocked out a power plant in southern Libya, heightening the risk of summer blackouts, the electricity minister said on Tuesday.
Nigerian Islamists kill 59 pupils in boarding school attack
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a hospital official and security forces said on Tuesday.
Tanker hijacked off Angola in Jan returned, minus $8 million of diesel
LUANDA (Reuters) – An oil tanker hijacked for a week off Angola in January has been returned to the country’s authorities, a board member at state oil firm Sonangol said on Tuesday, adding that the hijackers had stolen diesel worth $8 million from the …
France draws up Central African Republic sanctions list, includes ex-leader Bozize
PARIS (Reuters) – France has drawn up a list of eight citizens of Central African Republic, including former President Francois Bozize, on whom it believes the United Nations should impose sanctions, diplomatic sources said.
Romania’s ruling coalition could rupture as elections loom
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s feuding coalition government could split in a matter of days, a break-up that might disrupt five years of economic reform backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Obama prepared to leave no troops in Afghanistan after 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has told the Pentagon to prepare for the possibility that the United States will not leave behind any troops in Afghanistan after its troop drawdown at the end of this year, the White House said on Tue…
Egypt’s liberal party leader voices fears for democracy
CAIRO (Reuters) – The first woman to head a major Egyptian political party said on Tuesday she saw dangers for democracy if Egypt’s wildly popular army chief becomes president, without guarantees that he will not be above the law.
Syria aid still stalled after U.N. resolution
BEIRUT (Reuters) – World powers have passed a landmark Security Council resolution demanding an end to restrictions on humanitarian operations in Syria, but aid workers doubt it has the punch to make Damascus grant access and let stuck convoys deliver …
Syrian al Qaeda group gives rival Islamists ultimatum
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of al Qaeda’s wing in Syria has given rival Islamist militants five days to accept mediation to end their infighting or face a war which “will terminate them”, according to an audio recording posted on Tuesday.
