Libya’s premier accuses two rivals in abduction
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s government on Sunday accused two lawmakers from an Islamist party of involvement in orchestrating his brief kidnapping by one of the militias whose rivalries threaten to spiral into war.
Suicide bomber kills 31 in Syria’s Hama: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with 1.5 metric tons of explosives killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens in the Syrian city of Hama on Sunday, state media and a monitoring group reported.
Video suggesting soldiers looted attacked mall angers Kenyans
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Security camera footage of soldiers appearing to loot goods during last month’s Nairobi shopping mall siege has infuriated Kenyans who had initially praised troops for their courage in battling the Somali attackers.
Hamas says it’s responsible for tunnel under Gaza-Israel border
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip claimed responsibility on Sunday for a tunnel that Israel said was found beneath the heavily fortified Israel-Gaza frontier.
Pakistan’s women police fight criminals, militants and scorn
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – When Shazadi Gillani, the highest ranking female police officer in Pakistan’s most conservative province, wanted to join the force she had to defy her father, forego marriage and pay for her own basic training.
Maldives poll frontrunner says president should resign
MALE (Reuters) – The frontrunner in the Maldives presidential elections called for the current leader to resign on Sunday, a day after the vote was halted by police.
Baghdad cafe bombing kills at least 38
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up outside a cafe in a mainly Shi’ite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 38 people, police and medics said.
Juncker’s party loses seats in Luxembourg elections: exit poll
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The party of Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker suffered losses in the country’s elections on Sunday, with its worst showing since 1999, but it will remain the largest in parliament, exit polls showed.
Islamists kill 19 at checkpoint in northeast Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as soldiers killed 19 people at a checkpoint on Sunday, mostly by slitting their throats, witnesses said.
Germany’s SPD backs coalition talks with Merkel, sets terms
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) won a green light from their party to start coalition talks with Angela Merkel on Sunday, after promising to wring concessions from the chancellor on a minimum wage, equal pay and infrastru…
