Libya’s Berbers boycott charter talks, protests cut oil output
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Berber minority will boycott a committee to draft a new national constitution, the election commission said, in a move that complicate attempts to end oil and gas protests which have dented output.
Angola detains four for kidnap, possible murder, of two protesters
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan authorities have detained four people for the suspected kidnapping and possible killing of two protest organizers who have been missing since May 2012, the prosecution service (PGR) said on Wednesday.
Three killed in clashes in Central African Republic’s capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several wounded in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and former rebel fighters, police and government officials said.
Judge asked to invalidate Iran-Argentine probe of 1994 bombing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine prosecutor has asked a judge to declare as unconstitutional an agreement between Argentina and Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local courts blamed …
Assad’s forces make further gains around Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured the southern Damascus suburb of Hujaira on Wednesday, part of a broader advance that has brought him major gains south of the capital before proposed international peace talks.
NATO builds $1 billion HQ as allies cut military spending
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is building a new, state-of-the-art headquarters in Brussels, but critics say the $1 billion project seems extravagant at a time when austerity is forcing many alliance members to slash military spending.
Former UK editor Brooks was hacking victim, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, a former editor of Britain’s News of the World on trial for phone-hacking, had her own voicemail repeatedly targeted by the private investigator working for her newspaper, a court in London heard on Wednesday.
Hollande, Obama say guarantees needed on Iran nuclear plans
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and U.S. President Barack Obama are both determined to obtain guarantees from Iran that it will not seek to develop a nuclear weapon, Hollande’s office said on Wednesday.
Mursi says he was kidnapped before being removed by army
CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Wednesday he was kidnapped by the Republican Guard the day before the army announced his removal and was later held at a naval base for four months.
No big change in Iran nuclear work under Rouhani: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday he saw “no radical change” in Iran’s nuclear program in the past three months, roughly since President Hassan Rouhani replaced his combative predecessor.
