At least 30 killed in strong earthquake in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake killed at least 30 people in Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan on Tuesday and destroyed scores of houses in a remote mountainous area, a local official said.
U.N. envoy for Somalia seeks more resources to combat al Shabaab
GENEVA (Reuters) – African troops in Somalia require helicopters and armored vehicles to counter al Shabaab, the Islamist group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Kenyan shopping mall, the U.N. envoy for Somalia said on Tuesday….
Car bomb in Damascus kills seven, wounds 15: monitoring group
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least seven civilians on Tuesday when it exploded in a southern Damascus neighborhood, a monitoring group said.
Russia says hopes for U.N. resolution on Syria this week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes the U.N. Security Council will agree a resolution this week to support a deal for Syria to abandon its chemical arms, but talks with the United States have been rocky, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
Militants kill nine policemen in bomb and rocket assault in Iraq
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Militants launched a coordinated assault against police and military sites with car bombs, rockets and machine guns in western Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least nine policemen, police and medical sources said.
Obama to address Iran, Syria, Mideast in U.N. speech
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will make clear on Tuesday that he wants to pursue a diplomatic path to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program in a U.N. General Assembly speech that will also cover events in Syria and the Middle Ea…
Insight: Syria’s Assad is fortunate in his enemies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad, who only a month ago faced the likelihood of U.S. missile strikes that could have tipped the balance of Syria’s war against him, has won a reprieve.
Israel bleak about U.S.-Iran rapprochement at U.N. summit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel voiced concern on Tuesday over a potential meeting of the U.S. and Iranian presidents, saying Tehran’s conciliatory overtures to world powers masked an acceleration of its disputed nuclear program.
Syrian rebels fight to break blockade of Damascus suburbs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents pressed a new assault in the strategic, heavily-defended southwestern suburbs of Damascus on Tuesday, saying they aimed to break an army blockade of rebel-held areas.
China to audit military officials in move to fight graft: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese military officials will have to undergo an audit before they can retire or be promoted, state media reported on Tuesday, in the latest measure in the leadership’s campaign against corruption.
