Uganda says region ready to take on, defeat South Sudan rebel leader
JUBA (Reuters) – Uganda’s president said on Monday the nations of East Africa had agreed to move in to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional c…
Second suicide bomber in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on bus
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympic…
Egypt likely to change roadmap, hold presidential vote first: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable in a way that could see army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi elected head of sta…
Shots fired at German ambassador’s residence in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants opened fire on the German ambassador’s residence in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on Monday in an attack seen as an attempt to sour relations between debt-laden Greece and its biggest creditor nation…
Fighting erupts as Iraq police break up Sunni protest camp
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Fighting erupted when Iraqi police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said.
Nigeria says forces kill 56 Islamists in ground and air assault
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian government forces killed at least 56 Islamist Boko Haram fighters in a combined air and ground offensive in the northeast, the military said on Monday.
Four killed in Christian-Muslim clashes in Central African Republic’s capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Heavy weapons fire rang out in the north of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Monday during inter-religious clashes and the Red Cross said at least four people were killed.
British lawmakers to visit Iran to help rebuild ties
LONDON (Reuters) – British parliamentarians are to visit Iran next week to try to organize a reciprocal visit by Iranian lawmakers, the latest step aimed at improving relations between the two countries.
U.S. denies forces involved in possible arrest of Tunisia militant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military did not take part in any operation on Monday against the head of Tunisian militant group Ansar al Sharia, a military spokesman said, as Tunisia’s state media reported that U.S. and Libyan forces had captured the…
Myanmar to free most political detainees in year-end amnesty
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar is expect to release most of its prisoners of conscience on Tuesday and scores more awaiting trial, activists said, after the government announced a year-end amnesty for those held for political reasons.
