Suicide bomber kills 40 at Iraq mosque
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi-ite Muslim funeral in a southern Iraqi town on Sunday.
Gunmen kill students as they sleep in Nigerian college
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on Sunday, witnesses said.
Former German foreign minister latest to face plagiarism charge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s former foreign minister and senior Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier has became the latest German politician to face allegations of academic plagiarism, an act which brought down two of Angela Merkel’s ministers.
Egyptian students clash as Mursi turmoil spreads to campuses
CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival groups of students, some armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, clashed in Egypt on Sunday, state media and security sources said, as violence triggered by the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi spread to universities.
Egypt extends detention of hunger strike Canadians
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities have extended the detention of two Canadians held without charge since political clashes in mid-August as officials investigate a small remote control airplane and other items found in the pair’s hotel …
At least 12 dead as Syrian school hit in air strike: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 12 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday, activists said.
Portuguese seen lodging protest over bailout pain in local polls
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese voters were expected to punish the ruling centre-right Social Democrat candidates in local polls on Sunday after years of budget cuts and tax hikes under the country’s international bailout.
Assad says Syria will respect U.N. chemical weapons accords: Italian TV
ROME (Reuters) – Syria will respect United Nations accords on chemical weapons, President Bashar al-Assad told Italian television station RaiNews24 on Sunday.
Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel disclosed on Sunday the arrest of an Iranian-Belgian citizen on suspicion of spying for Iran, saying he had photographed the U.S. embassy and intended to establish business ties in the Jewish state as a cover for espionage….
Austria coalition survives far-right gains: projections
VIENNA (Reuters) – The partners in Austria’s pro-Europe, centrist coalition appear to have won enough votes to form a new government, staving off a strong challenge from the euroskeptic right wing, initial projections showed on Sunday.
