Week-long Aleppo air raids kill more than 300: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 300 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, a monitoring group said on Monday.
Three killed in an explosion in Egypt’s Nile Delta
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three people were killed and more than 50 hurt in an explosion at a security building in Egypt’s Nile Delta town of Dakahlyia on Tuesday, state media and a security source said.
Hundreds protest against Egypt’s jailing of activists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday against a court ruling that sent three leading secular pro-democracy campaigners to jail, witnesses said.
South Sudan rebel leader sets out conditions for talks
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar told Reuters on Monday he was ready to negotiate with President Salva Kiir to bring an end to the nine-day conflict if Kiir first released his detained political allies.
U.N. approves India’s request to accredit diplomat charged by U.S.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has approved a request from India to accredit a New York-based diplomat after her arrest by U.S. authorities on criminal charges including visa fraud, a U.N. official said on Monday.
Italy’s ‘St Valentine’s Beast’ serial killer jailed in France
NICE, France (Reuters) – An Italian serial killer known as the “St Valentine’s Beast” who fled to France after being allowed out of prison to visit his mother was sentenced to jail by a French court on Monday.
Economic fears expose Laos’ unequal boom
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – For the Communists running Laos, the fruits of capitalism have never been so bountiful.
Israel frees Palestinian prisoner after hunger-strike deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel freed a Palestinian prisoner from jail on Monday, completing a deal agreed earlier this year in exchange for him halting a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him.
Amnestied Russian punk band pair criticize Putin after release
KRASNOYARSK/NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) – Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot freed from prison on Monday derided President Vladimir Putin’s amnesty that led to their early release as a propaganda stunt and promised to fight for h…
Exclusive: Assad’s secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt
LONDON (Reuters) – The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping and payments documents show, part of an under-the-radar trade that has kep…
