Libya PM threatens eastern protesters with troops
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan stepped up the pressure on protesters blocking eastern ports on Monday, telling them he had weeks ago ordered troops to prepare to move there to end their blockade.
Conclude talks or see rebels radicalize, U.N. Security Council tells Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday called on Mali’s government and rebels conclude talks as soon as possible, warning that the failure to do so risked radicalizing fighters and undoing fragile security gains.
Ukraine president, back at work, warns “radicals”
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich returned to work on Monday after four days of sick leave, issuing a warning about rising “radicalism” after more than two months of unrest on the streets but giving no word on a new prime minister….
Ex-Marxist rebel eyes centrists in El Salvador presidential run-off
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist guerrilla leader who fell just shy of an outright victory in El Salvador’s presidential election said on Monday he would court centrists ahead of a March run-off vote and ruled out a swing to the radical left.
Italian judge who convicted Knox investigated for media comments
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s justice minister ordered an investigation on Monday into comments to the media by the judge who reinstated murder convictions for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito.
Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen killed 57 Islamist militants in Anbar province on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, in advance of a possible assault on the Sunni Muslim rebel-held city of Falluja.
Suicide bomb attack hits passenger van in south Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van in a southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Monday as the country continued to struggle with the fallout from the civil war in neighboring Syria.
U.N. nuclear agency may press Iran on rare isotope in probe
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it wants Iran to clarify past production of small amounts of a rare radioactive material that can help trigger an atomic bomb explosion, but which also has non-military uses.
Iran foreign minister: nuclear deal possible in six months
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif said on Monday a final deal with world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program is possible within six months if there is good will and he was not worried about the U.S. Congress trying to impo…
Moscow teen kills two in rare Russian school shooting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A teenager described as a model student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and took more than 20 of his schoolmates hostage in a Moscow classroom on Monday, days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics under tight security.
