Nigerian army says Boko Haram leader may be dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wounds some weeks after a clash with soldiers, the Nigerian military said on Monday.
U.S. troubled by ‘suspicious deaths’ of Egyptian prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department voiced deep concern on Monday about the deaths of Muslim Brotherhood prisoners while in custody in Egypt and made clear that it does not believe that the Islamist group should be banned.
Pakistan PM calls for peace with India amid rising Kashmir tension
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for better relations with India in a conciliatory gesture on national television on Monday after weeks of increased military activity along the two nations’ disputed border.
Family of Cuban dissident says files Spanish lawsuit over his death
MADRID (Reuters) – The family of a prominent Cuban dissident killed in a car crash on the island last year said on Monday they had filed a lawsuit in Spain against two Cuban army officials they allege were linked to his death.
U.S. has made no decision on freezing aid to Egypt: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not made a decision on whether to freeze economic assistance to Egypt in a review underway by the Obama administration of all U.S. aid to the country, the State Department said on Monday.
Egyptian lawyers call for investigation into deaths of 37 Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian lawyers called on Monday for an international investigation into the deaths in police custody of 37 supporters of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Mubarak one step nearer to freedom after Egypt court ruling
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak, who was arrested after his overthrow in 2011, can no longer be held on a corruption charge, a court ruled on Monday, a decision his lawyer said removed one of the last obstacles to his release….
Canada asks for new WTO review of U.S. labeling rules
(Reuters) – Canada has asked the World Trade Organization to form a compliance panel to review the United States’ rules for labeling meat based on its country of origin, Canadian agriculture and international trade ministers said on Monday.
Merkel cancels campaign rallies after hostage taking
MUNICH (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel cancelled two election rallies in the southern German state of Bavaria on Monday after a 24-year-old man took three people hostage in Ingolstadt, one of the cities where she had been due to speak.
German SPD ties itself in knots over tax pledge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition Social Democrats (SPD) scrambled on Monday to contain a damaging debate over their tax hike plans as new opinion polls showed the party falling further behind Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives before next …
