Syrian army besieges town in strategic Qalamoun mountains
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces are besieging a key town in the Qalamoun mountains, activists said on Sunday, a region used by rebels to cross from Lebanon and which links the capital to government strongholds along the coast.
Wedding murder exposes Kurdish divisions in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – When gunmen stormed a wedding and shot dead a guest in southeastern Turkey, they stirred fears of a new outbreak of bloodshed in a region increasingly destabilized by Syria’s civil war.
‘Alarming exploitation’ of workers in Qatar: Amnesty
(Reuters) – Qatar’s construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are “treated like cattle” and live in squalid accommodations, Amnesty International said on Sunday while calling on world soccer’s governing body to help with the situa…
Nepal’s revolutionary leader loses his appeal as nation limps to the polls
CHAPAGAUN, Nepal (Reuters) – – Widow Narayan Kumari Ghimire has lost faith in Nepal’s powerful Maoists: the only reason they will get her vote in Tuesday’s election is because her son died fighting for them during the insurrection that ended seven year…
Australian spies tried to tap Indonesian president’s phone calls: media reports
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s spy agencies attempted to listen in on the mobile phone conversations of Indonesia’s president and targeted the mobile phones of his wife and senior ministers, Australian media reported on Monday, citing documents leaked …
Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds
AMMAN (Reuters) – A prominent Syrian rebel leader has died from wounds suffered in an air raid on the city of Aleppo, in a blow to the armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Monday.
Egypt train crash kills 20 people
CAIRO (Reuters) – More than 20 people died and another 20 injured when a train crashed into a pickup truck and a minibus near Cairo, the state news agency MENA said early on Monday.
Eight members of one family killed in northern Mexico: media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eight family members, including three children, were killed in their home on Sunday in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, local media reported.
Turkey’s Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat
ANKARA (Reuters) – For decades his picture dominated Turkey, piercing blue eyes staring from hoardings, keeping watch over city streets and army barracks. Schoolyards echoed every morning to his oath:
Two Muslim converts due in court over British soldier’s killing
LONDON (Reuters) – Two Muslim converts accused of hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street go on trial this week in a case that has shocked many in Britain.
