Protests flare across Lebanon against ‘siege’ of border town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese demonstrators blocked several roads throughout the country on Tuesday evening in protest at what they called a “siege” on the Sunni Muslim town of Arsal on the border with Syria.
Area of Malaysia plane search now size of Australia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An international land and sea search for a missing Malaysian jetliner is covering an area the size of Australia, authorities said on Tuesday, but police and intelligence agencies have yet to establish a clear motive to explain …
War crimes evidence in Syria solid enough for indictment: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. investigators said on Tuesday they had expanded their list of suspected war criminals from both sides in Syria’s civil war and the evidence was solid enough to prepare any indictment.
EU, U.S. denounce China’s arrests of activists
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and European Union (EU) accused China on Tuesday of using arrests and harassment to silence human rights activists, also voicing consternation at the death in custody of a prominent dissident.
Iran says woman sentenced to stoning given ‘leave’ from prison
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian woman sentenced to die by stoning for adultery and later given a 10-year jail term instead has been allowed to leave prison, the judiciary said, in a new twist to a case that has triggered years of criticism of Iran’s right…
EU’s Van Rompuy not meeting Putin on Wednesday: spokesman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A spokesman for European Council President Herman Van Rompuy denied a report by a Russian news agency that Van Rompuy would meet President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying he was not travelling to Moscow.
Libyan rebel leader calls U.S. Navy “pirates” after tanker seized
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan rebel leader accused the United States on Tuesday of behaving like pirates after U.S. naval forces seized an oil-laden tanker that had sailed from a rebel-held port in the east of the chaotic North African s…
Kyrgyzstan’s ruling bloc collapses over corruption charges
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s ruling coalition fell apart on Tuesday, depriving Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev of his parliamentary majority, in a row over alleged corruption in the Central Asian nation.
North Caucasus rebel leader Umarov dead, replaced: website
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most wanted man, Doku Umarov, is dead and has been replaced as the leader of an Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, a website that sympathizes with the militants said on Tuesday.
Ex-Guatemalan leader admits taking Taiwan bribes in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday admitted to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan in exchange for continuing to recognize the country diplomatically.
