Qaeda affiliate overruns Syrian town near Turkish border: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – A rebel group affiliated with al Qaeda overran a Syrian town near the border with Turkey on Wednesday after fighting broke out with units of the Arab- and Western-backed Free Syrian Army, opposition activists said.
Angolan police vow to clamp down on planned protest
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan police vowed on Wednesday to use force if necessary to crack down on an anti-government youth protest planned for Thursday in Luanda, at which they expect activists to distribute posters that incite violence and disturb publi…
Egypt military court gives five Palestinians one-year jail sentence
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced five Palestinian fishermen to a year in jail for illegally crossing into Egypt’s territorial waters, Egyptian security sources said.
U.N. says chemical arms report on Syria attack ‘indisputable’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday defended its report on a Syria gas attack that Russia deemed one-sided as envoys from the five big U.N. powers met for a second day of talks on a Western-drafted resolution on eradicating Syria…
Fox News interviews Assad with help of U.S. ex-lawmaker Kucinich
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fox News will broadcast an interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday evening, the television network said, a session that former U.S. lawmaker Dennis Kucinich helped secure.
Russia says U.N. report on Syria attack biased
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia denounced U.N. investigators’ findings on a poison gas attack in Syria as preconceived and tainted by politics on Wednesday, stepping up its criticism of a report Western nations said proved President Bashar al-Assad’s …
NATO chief urges Europe to fill drone, aircraft gaps
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will urge Europe on Thursday to step up its commitment to defense by buying more surveillance drones, transport and tanker aircraft and strengthening its fragmented defence industry.
Former Cypriot minister held in Greek graft trial
ATHENS (Reuters) – A former Cypriot minister was ordered detained on Wednesday by a Greek prosecutor pending his trial in relation to a graft investigation against a once-powerful Greek politician facing corruption charges in Athens.
Opposition suspends role in Bahrain talks after deputy leader held
BAHRAIN (Reuters) – Bahrain’s largest opposition party on Wednesday suspended its participation in talks with the government aimed at ending 2 1/2 years of political turmoil in protest at the arrest of its deputy leader.
Chadian troops abandon north Mali posts in protest
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A company of about 150 Chadian soldiers of the United Nations peacekeeping force in northern Mali abandoned their posts on Wednesday in protest at the length of time they have served, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission said.
