Analysis – Beirut blast: jolt from past and omen of dark future
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thirty years after the Lebanese capital gave birth to the modern suicide bomber, a killer has again driven his explosive-packed car towards an embassy in Beirut, hurling charred corpses through the street.
Ukraine’s Yanukovich playing hardball over EU signing – diplomatic source
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is seeking to outmaneuver the European Union in a tussle over the fate of jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko by threatening to pull out of a landmark trade pact next week, a European diplomatic sourc…
French police hold suspect over Paris shootings
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are holding a man on suspicion he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank in Paris, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
Hezbollah calls for calm after Iranian embassy bombing
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Hezbollah leader appealed for calm on Wednesday and an easing of sectarian tensions in Lebanon, a day after twin suicide bombings struck the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
Georgia’s new premier says will seek thaw with Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s new premier said on Wednesday his government would stick to the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Western course but also try to mend relations with Russia, Tbilisi’s old Soviet master and adversary in a five-day war in 2008.
Bombs kill 23 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Seven bombs exploded across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding scores, police and medical sources said, part of the worst wave of violence to hit Iraq in at least five years.
Police, protesters clash in Rome during French president visit
ROME (Reuters) – Protesters threw smoke bombs and clashed with police in central Rome on Wednesday while Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta met French President Francois Hollande in the capital.
Bombs kill 23 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Seven bombs exploded across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding scores, police and medical sources said, part of the worst wave of violence to hit Iraq in at least five years.
Survivors of migrant shipwreck walk away from Rome center
ROME (Reuters) – More than half of the survivors of a shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa last month which killed more than 360 migrants have disappeared from the center in Rome where they had been living, city officials said on Wednesday.
Nigeria extends emergency rule in violence-hit states
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s house of representatives on Wednesday approved a six month extension of a state of emergency in three northeastern states where the military is battling Islamist militants.
