Malian separatist rebels end ceasefire after clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Separatist Tuareg rebels said on Friday they were ending a five-month-old ceasefire with Mali’s government and taking up arms following violence in the northern city of Kidal.
Yemen president rules out southern split, separatists call rallies
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president ruled out ever allowing the partition of the country, challenging southern separatists who called for demonstrations across their territory to press for independence.
Tents, refugees crowd Lebanese valley – just don’t call it a camp
ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) – White tents with “The U.N. Refugee Agency” written on them flap in the wind outside the Lebanese mountain town of Arsal. Children run past latrines and water points. In all respects, it is a refugee camp, but you must not cal…
Benin says frees Nigerian ex-militant after Jonathan intervenes
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin freed a former militant leader from Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region on Friday after a personal intervention by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a government spokesman said.
Libya’s coastguard picks up almost 300 African migrants
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya stopped three boats off its coast packed with almost 300 African migrants apparently trying to reach Europe, the state news agency Lana said on Friday.
Men tried to behead soldier on London street, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – Two men tried to behead a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street, hacking at his body “like a butcher attacking a joint of meat” in what one said was “eye for an eye” revenge for Britain’s wars against Muslims, a court …
Spain’s anti-protest bill criticized as anti-democratic
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s conservative government agreed on Friday to toughen penalties for unauthorized street protests up to a possible 600,000 euro ($816,000) fine, a crackdown that belies the peaceful record of the anti-austerity protests of recen…
Iran sees nuclear deal implementation starting by early January
VIENNA (Reuters) – The implementation of a landmark deal between Iran and world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in return for some sanctions relief is expected to start by early January, its envoy to the U.N. atomic agency said on Friday.
Earthquake shakes San Salvador, no major damage reported
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – An earthquake rattled buildings in San Salvador on Friday morning, although there were no immediate reports of damage.
German policeman held for death of man he met on cannibal website
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German policeman has been arrested after the chopped-up body of a man he met on a fetishist website for cannibalism was found buried in his garden, police in the eastern city of Dresden said on Friday.
