Car bombs kill at least eight at Libya army academy in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Several car bombs exploded at a Libyan army academy in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen, hospital sources and a security official said.
World leaders seek action to counter nuclear terrorism risk-draft
VIENNA (Reuters) – World leaders are expected to call next week for more action to minimize civilian use of highly-enriched nuclear fuel to help prevent al Qaeda-style militants from obtaining atomic bombs, a draft summit statement shows.
Tunisia’s main secular party open to Islamist coalition
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s main secular party that helped push ruling Islamists out of office last year is open to governing with them if 2014 elections do not produce a clear majority, its party chief said.
Mafia member wins battle against extradition to Italy from Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – A fugitive Sicilian mafia member arrested in Britain last year after living a quiet, suburban life for two decades will not be extradited back to Italy, a London court ruled on Monday.
Insight: Swedes tire of tax cuts as welfare state shows strains
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – To glimpse Swedish angst under its picture postcard prosperity, look no further than film director Lisa Ohlin, who has enjoyed years of tax cuts in an economy the envy of Europe. Homes in her Stockholm neighborhood cost around $1 …
Lebanese army blows up suspect car close to Syrian border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army blew up a car on Monday in the border region with Syria which they suspected contained explosives and was being prepared for use in a bomb attack, security sources said.
China warns Philippine against ‘occupation’ of disputed shoal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the Philippines on Monday to abandon a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after Manila said it planned to challenge a Chinese naval blockade of the area by sending supplies to its troops stationed there.
Defiant Chinese bishop dies at 97 while under house arrest
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Shanghai bishop who was imprisoned for decades by Chinese authorities died Sunday evening at his home, a Catholic group said in a statement.
China denies dead dissident refused medical treatment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry denied on Monday that prominent human rights activist Cao Shunli died because she was refused medical treatment while in detention, in a case which has attracted concern in the United States and Europe.
China says too soon to say if Thai trafficking victims Uighur
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was too soon to say if a group of about 200 people rescued by police from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand were Uighurs from China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang.
