Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday killed 86 people and wounded 263, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least five years.
Egyptian soldiers will no longer swear loyalty to president
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian soldiers will no longer swear loyalty directly to the president of the republic, according to a published decree, a symbolic change analysts said underlined the military’s independence from any civilian control.
Arab League ministers to blame Syria’s Assad for chemical attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League ministers will pass a resolution blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for last week’s chemical weapons attack in Damascus when they meet in Cairo next week, League officials said on Wednesday.
Italy reaches deal on housing tax, easing pressure on Letta
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government reached a deal on Wednesday to reform an unpopular property tax, easing a source of persistent tension which had threatened to split the fragile coalition of traditional rivals from the left and right.
Construction work seen near mothballed North Korean reactor: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea has been carrying out construction work at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, including near a mothballed reactor that experts say could produce plutonium for bombs, a U.N. nuclear agency report showed on Wednesday.
Putin, Rouhani oppose chemical arms, military intervention in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed that the use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and signaled their shared opposition to military intervention in Syria war, the Kremlin said after the lead…
Nigeria arrests fake CNN correspondent
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities have arrested a citizen who posed as a CNN correspondent to try to get money from politicians in exchange for interviews in oil-producing Bayelsa state.
Britain says Security Council should see chemical report before Syria vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain believes that the U.N. Security Council should see findings from chemical weapons inspectors before backing any military action in Syria, according to a copy of the motion to be placed before the UK parliament released on Wed…
Nigerians charged with aiding Iran militant cell
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria charged two of its citizens on Wednesday with assisting an Iranian militant cell in planning possible attacks on Israeli targets, alleging that one had travelled to Tehran and Dubai to receive cash and had known about spying o…
U.S.: Syria can’t hide behind Russia at U.N. Security Council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian opposition to United Nations Security Council action on the Syria conflict should not be allowed to shield the Syrian government, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday as Britain’s push for council action met Moscow…
