Mexico captures suspected drug lord wanted in United States
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s federal police on Sunday said they arrested suspected drug boss Tirso Martinez Sanchez, who has been wanted in the United States and Mexico for allegedly running an operation that smuggled tons of cocaine across the bor…
Arrest of Indonesia’s first woman governor a blow for coalition
SERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia’s first female governor, smiling broadly, looks down from billboards that line the pot-holed roads of Banten, the country’s fifth-most populous province that she has ruled for almost a decade.
Six hundred Syrians flee besieged Old Homs in aid convoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Six hundred people left the besieged ruins of rebel-held central Homs on Sunday, escaping more than a year of hunger and deprivation caused by one of the most protracted blockades of Syria’s devastating conflict.
Swiss vote to set limits on immigration from EU
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed proposals to reintroduce immigration quotas with the European Union, Swiss television reported – a result that calls into question bilateral accords with the EU and could irk multinational compa…
Ukraine protesters, Russia increase pressure on Yanukovich
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian protesters, now in their third month of action, kept up pressure on President Viktor Yanukovich on Sunday with a mass rally where opposition leaders called for an end to his “dictatorial” powers.
Iran moves to cooperate in U.N. nuclear bomb probe
VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear agency said on Sunday that Iran had agreed to start addressing suspicions that it may have worked on designing an atomic weapon, a potential breakthrough in a long-stalled investigation into Tehran’s atomic act…
Eight killed in attack on Pakistani pro-government militia leaders
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A sleeping family of eight were killed in an attack on the home of two pro-government militia leaders in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan region on Sunday, officials said.
Rwandan troops kill one person, halt lynching in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Rwandan peacekeepers intervened on Sunday to halt a lynching of Muslims, shooting dead one member of a crowd that had killed two Muslims in the capital of Central African Republic, a Rwandan military spokesman said.
U.S. lawmakers see serious threat of attacks in Russia during Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives’ intelligence and homeland security panels on Sunday warned of a serious threat of attacks in Russia during the Winter Olympics, though U.S. officials say the Olympic grounds a…
Former presidential hopeful says Egypt is now ‘republic of fear’
CAIRO (Reuters) – A moderate Islamist who came fourth in Egypt’s 2012 presidential election won by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi, accused the army-backed authorities on Sunday of creating a “republic of fear”.
