Attack on reporter restores passion to Ukraine demonstrations
KIEV (Reuters) – Protesters demanded Ukraine’s interior minister resign on Thursday after an opposition journalist known for documenting the extravagance of the country’s political elite was chased down in her car and savagely beaten in a midnight atta…
One killed in Cairo clash: Interior Ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed on Thursday when student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with residents of a Cairo district where they were protesting, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Egypt arrests dozens under anti-terror law, bomb hits Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt increased pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, detaining dozens of its supporters on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization the day after it was declared one by the government, security officials said.
Turks and Caicos police end search for survivors of capsized boat
MIAMI (Reuters) – Officials in the Turks and Caicos islands shifted their focus on Thursday from rescue efforts to determining what caused a boat packed with Haitian migrants to capsize, killing 17 people as the boat was being towed to port in the Brit…
Gaza rocket fire draws Israeli air strikes
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets into southern Israel on Thursday, and Israel’s military responded with a pair of air strikes, officials said.
U.S. expedites delivery of missiles, drones to Iraq amid violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has delivered dozens of Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to Iraq in recent weeks and plans shipments of Scan Eagle drones next year amid a surge in violence, U.S. officials said on Thursday, a day after at least …
Iranian dissidents say rockets hit their Baghdad camp, kill two
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A camp of Iranian dissidents in the Iraqi capital was hit by rockets on Thursday in an attack the group said killed at least two people and seriously wounded several others.
South Sudan rebels seize oil wells, mediators urge talks
JUBA (Reuters) – Rebels in South Sudan have seized some oil wells and captured half of the capital of the main oil-producing region, the government and army said on Thursday as African leaders held talks to avert civil war.
Protesting Turkish prosecutor piles pressure on PM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish prosecutor accused police on Thursday of obstructing his pursuit of a high-level graft case, adding to public scrutiny of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government as it hunkered down defiantly.
Kenyan police seek youths over Christmas Day church burnings
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Youths threw petrol bombs at two Kenyan churches on Christmas day, police said on Thursday, in the latest bout of violence against Christians on the country’s predominantly Muslim coast.
