Bomb kills Yemen security official in volatile south: agency
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – A Yemeni lieutenant colonel was killed on Wednesday by a bomb planted in his car, the state news agency said, the latest in a string of attacks on security officials blamed by government on Islamist insurgents.
Nigerian Senate to investigate security force killings in Abuja
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Senate has opened an investigation into the killing of at least seven people by security forces in Abuja in what authorities said was a gunbattle with Islamist militants but witnesses said was an attack on unarmed squatters….
Protests erupt in Khartoum after fuel subsidies lifted
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday, witnesses and activists said, as dissent against the lifting of fuel subsidies spread.
Zimbabwe poachers kill 80 elephants with cyanide
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean ivory poachers have killed more than 80 elephants by poisoning water holes with cyanide, endangering one of the world’s biggest herds, a minister said on Wednesday.
Greeks stage anti-fascism rallies after rapper’s death
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday against the fatal stabbing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right Golden Dawn party, which a new poll found has lost a third of its support since the killing.
Arrested Moroccan editor to face terrorism investigation
RABAT (Reuters) – A Moroccan editor is being investigated on suspicion of helping militants after posting an al Qaeda video on his website, prosecutors said, in a case that rights groups say erodes press freedom.
Cambodia frees men seen as scapegoats in murder of union leader
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Cambodian court on Wednesday acquitted, and ordered the release of, two men said by rights groups to have been wrongfully convicted and jailed for the 2004 murder of a prominent opposition activist.
Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates, but did break law
SALEKHARD, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia’s first offshore oil platform had violated international law but signaled they should not face charges of piracy.
Leaders of India, Pakistan to meet in New York as Kashmir simmers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif will meet this week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Singh said on Wednesday, amid heightened tension between the neighbors over Kashmir.
India-U.S. ties lose shine over economic differences
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last visited the White House in 2009 he was feted at President Barack Obama’s first state dinner, a star-studded affair that reflected the excitement about blooming ties between the two b…
