Mexico captures No.1 drug kingpin ‘Shorty’ Guzman
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s most wanted man, drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, was captured on Saturday with help from U.S. agencies in a major victory for the government in a long, brutal drugs war.
Venezuela deaths rise as unrest claims student and biker
CARACAS (Reuters) – A female student and a young supermarket worker were the latest fatalities from Venezuela’s political unrest as the death toll from 10 days of violence rose on Saturday to at least eight.
Missing U.S. student found dead in Italy railroad tunnel
(Reuters) – A U.S. college student who went missing two days ago while traveling in Italy has been found dead, authorities said Saturday.
Morocco summons French ambassador over torture lawsuit
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco has summoned the French ambassador in Rabat to protest against a French lawsuit filed against the head of Morocco’s domestic intelligence for alleged complicity in torture, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Militants shoot down Iraqi helicopter and occupy northern town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Militants shot down a helicopter on Saturday and briefly occupied a town, in an escalating turf war with Iraq’s government that has killed at least 25 people in two days, police said.
Nigeria court rules central bank governor can’t be arrested pending plea
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court has issued an order on the security agencies, barring them from arresting suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi, after he was briefly detained and his passport seized at the airport, a document viewed by Reute…
Algeria’s Bouteflika to seek fourth term in April
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the aging independence veteran who suffered a stroke last year, will run in April’s election, the government said on Saturday, in a vote likely to hand him a fourth term in power.
Police attacked with grenade at Tunisian consulate in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Gunmen fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a police car parked in front of the Tunisian consulate in Libya’s eastern Benghazi city on Saturday, security officials said.
Suicide bomber kills three in Lebanon: security sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed two Lebanese soldiers and a civilian with a car bomb at an army checkpoint in a Hezbollah stronghold in northeast Lebanon on Saturday, security sources said.
Egypt’s ousted Mursi says jail-break trial is ‘void’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Mursi on Saturday rejected the right of a court to try him and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges related to a mass jail break in 2011, security and judicial sources said.
