Czech police find 12 weapons at Palestinian mission: report
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police found 12 weapons, including pistols and sub-machine guns, at the Palestinian mission in Prague after an explosion killed the ambassador at his residence last week, the police chief was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Senegal seizes Russian trawler for illegal fishing
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal has seized a Russian trawler fishing illegally in its waters, the fisheries minister said on Sunday, as it seeks to curb heavy losses from fish poaching.
Death threats disrupt Tunisia constitution debate
Tunis (Reuters) – Death threats against Tunisian secular lawmakers on Sunday disrupted voting on a new constitution, underscoring tensions over the role of Islam and the transition to democracy three years after the nation’s revolution.
U.S. can fight al Qaeda in Iraq without troops: Kerry
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States will support the Iraqi government and tribes fighting al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim militants in Anbar province but will not send U.S. troops back to Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday.
Former Syrian PM runs for president of exiled political opposition
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Former Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab is running for the leadership of the Western-backed political opposition in a bid to make the fractious rebel movement more credible ahead of political peace talks.
Egypt bars Canadian Shi’ites from entering
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt stopped 61 Canadian Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims from entering the country and decided to hold them at Cairo airport until their onward flight, security officials said on Sunday.
Building collapse kills 15 in India’s Goa, many feared trapped
CANACONA, India (Reuters) – At least 15 workers were killed and many feared trapped when a half-built apartment block collapsed in the Indian resort state of Goa, police and media said on Sunday, the latest disaster to draw attention to safety standard…
Vatican denies pope is open to recognition of gay civil unions
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Sunday denied Italian media reports that recent comments by Pope Francis signaled his openness to the legal recognition of same-sex unions in Italy.
Anti-Roma bias, job fears aid far-right in central Europe
CIERNY BALOG, Slovakia (Reuters) – The people of this peaceful village at the foot of the Slovak mountains vented their anger by electing as their regional governor a man who calls his Roma compatriots “parasites” and admires a wartime figure who colla…
Sniper fire kills one as clashes flare in Lebanon’s Tripoli
BEIRUT (Reuters) – One man was shot dead and six people were wounded in clashes on Sunday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli between districts that support rival sides in neighboring Syria’s civil war.
