Iran ends brief social media access, calls it glitch
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians had a few hours access to Facebook and Twitter before a Web firewall went back up by Tuesday and Tehran scotched talk of new Internet freedoms by blaming a technical glitch for the brief opening of access.
Family of slain Turkish-Armenian writer sees state-linked plot
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A retrial over the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist that triggered huge protest rallies in Turkey opened on Tuesday with demonstrators outside the court accusing authorities of covering up a conspiracy by nationalist element…
Syria says Western powers are forestalling peace talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria accused Western powers on Tuesday of trying to wreck prospects for a negotiated settlement to the country’s 2-1/2-year conflict by imposing preconditions on the peace process and supporting rebel fighters.
Russia Supreme Court chairman hurt in Ghana car crash
ACCRA (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev was in intensive care but in a stable condition in Ghana’s capital after being involved in a car accident on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.
U.N. inspectors’ report shows Assad government behind attack: France
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A report by U.N. inspectors who investigated an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria leaves no doubt about the responsibility of President Bashar al-Assad’s government, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.
Fire on Russian sub injured 15: investigators
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fifteen seamen were in hospital on Tuesday after a fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, federal investigators said, contradicting earlier reports that nobody was hurt in Monday’s blaze.
Philippine army says Muslim rebels fleeing southern city
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine forces freed scores of civilian hostages on Tuesday as fighting subsided in a port city where hundreds of rogue Muslim guerrillas have been battling for more than a week.
Fugitive Snowden in running for European rights prize
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden is in the running for a European human rights prize whose past winners include Nelson Mandela and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Austrian poacher shoots three, takes police hostage
VIENNA (Reuters) – A suspected game poacher in Austria shot two policeman and a paramedic after they tried to arrest him in woodland, police said on Tuesday.
Effort to rebuild Yemen snags on row over restive south
SANAA (Reuters) – Wrangling over demands by southern secessionists is holding up efforts at Yemen’s most important political gathering in decades to tame the country’s multiple conflicts and repair the oil-dependent economy.
