British PM demands Sri Lanka rights probe, angers government
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday said he would push for an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war, drawing an angry response from the island nation’s presiden…
Libya militiamen clash at checkpoint, PM calls for calm
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Clashes between rival Libyan militias killed at least one and wounded a dozen others on Saturday a day after more than 40 people died in the worst street fighting in the capital Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi two years ag…
Syrian army fights for road needed to remove chemical weapons
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces went on the offensive on Saturday against rebels positioned along a major highway linking the capital with the coast, rebels said, a strategic road that is likely to be used to extract chemical weapons from the country….
Russian police kill suspected Volgograd bus bomber in shootout
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police killed the main suspected organizer of last month’s bombing of a bus in Volgograd and several other suspected militants in Dagestan on Saturday, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, confirming earlier media…
Iraqi Kurdish president in Turkey to back PM’s peace effort
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – The president of Iraqi Kurdistan called on Turkey’s Kurds to back a flagging peace process with Ankara on Saturday, making his first visit to southeastern Turkey in two decades in a show of support for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdog…
Captain without a ship: Marcos clan mayor at eye of Philippine storm
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Minutes before a tsunami-like storm surge slammed into the Philippine coastal city of Tacloban, a tall man in a motorcycle helmet strode along the shore through ferocious typhoon winds.
Merkel ready to cede on minimum wage to secure coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled her readiness to accept the Social Democrats’ (SPD) demand for a legal minimum wage in order to secure their agreement to form a governing coalition, as negotiations enter the final stretc…
Blast in Kabul ahead of assembly on future of U.S. troops
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed his car into an Afghan army vehicle providing security for a compound where Afghanistan’s political and tribal elites are due to gather next week to debate a security pact with the United States.
Aid flows to typhoon survivors as Philippines struggles to rebuild
TANAUAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Long-delayed emergency supplies flowed into the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Saturday, reaching desperate families who had to fend for themselves for days, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate …
Tens of thousands rally for and against Bulgarian government
SOFIA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of Socialist-led government rallied on Saturday, underscoring the widening political divide and uncertainty in the European Union’s poorest country.
