Syria opposition says 1,300 killed in Damascus attack, chemicals used
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A leading Syrian opposition figure said on Wednesday 1,300 people had been killed in attacks by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces around Damascus in which he said chemical weapons had been used.
Gunmen kill Aden intelligence chief, his nephew in south Yemen: agency
ADEN (Reuters) – Assailants shot dead the intelligence chief of the southern Yemeni city of Aden and his nephew on Wednesday, state news agency Saba said, the latest in a series of attacks against senior officers.
Catholic monastery in Israel attacked by vandals
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Vandals hurled a firebomb at the outer wall of a Roman Catholic monastery in Israel and daubed anti-Christian graffiti on it, a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Turkey urges U.N. inspectors to investigate Syria gas attack report
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey called on U.N. inspectors to look into Syrian rebel reports that almost 500 people were killed on Wednesday in a gas attack and shelling by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, and said it was monitoring the situation “with g…
U.N. must investigate alleged gas attack in Syria: French minister
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United Nations’ mission in Syria must immediately investigate an alleged chemical attack near the Syrian capital Damascus, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday.
Old order ‘remnants’ flex muscle in Tunisian politics
TUNIS (Reuters) – Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia’s old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them.
UK National Security Adviser intervened in Guardian case: sources
LONDON (Reuters) – Kim Darroch, Britain’s National Security Adviser and one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s closest aides, was involved in talks with the Guardian newspaper to try to get it to hand over or destroy spy secrets leaked by Edward Snowden…
France urges U.N. to visit site of reported gas attack in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande called on United Nations inspectors to visit the site of an alleged chemical attack near Damascus on Wednesday that opposition groups say killed hundreds of people, the government spokeswoman said.
Thirty-two feared dead in Malaysian hilltop bus crash
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A bus travelling from the Malaysian hilltop gambling resort of Genting Highlands to the capital Kuala Lumpur plunged 200 feet into a ravine on Wednesday, killing as many as 32 people, officials said.
Syrian army denies used chemical weapons
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s military command denied opposition reports that the army had used chemical weapons on Wednesday against districts east of Damascus, saying they were a sign of “hysteria and floundering” by President Bashar al-Assad’s opponent…
