Car bomb kills at least 18 people in Damascus: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed on Tuesday by a car bomb in the southeastern district of Jaramana in the Syrian capital, state media said.
Tunisian police kill Islamist militant in suburb of capital
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police shot dead an Islamist militant on Tuesday in a suburb on the outskirts of the capital Tunis, an interior ministry official said.
Egypt to say foreign mediation has failed to end crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s presidency is expected to announce that foreign mediation efforts to end the political crisis have failed, a state-run newspaper said on Tuesday.
Iran’s leader reaches out to U.S., vows to resolve nuclear row
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s incoming President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday offered an olive branch to the United States in talks on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, raising hopes of progress after years of stalemate.
Syria rebels strike Assad’s Alawite stronghold, seize airport
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Islamist rebels have killed around 200 people in a three-day offensive in the mountain stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect and driven hundreds of villagers to seek refuge on the Mediterranean coast, ac…
Ugandan passes bill critics say seeks to silence opponents
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a controversial public order law that drew sharp criticism from the opposition and human rights campaigners who said it was intended to silence dissent.
Head of Tunisia assembly suspends its work, wants dialogue
TUNIS (Reuters) – The head of Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly has suspended the body’s work until the Islamist-led government and the secular opposition begin a dialogue, the state news agency said on Tuesday.
U.N. aid chief sends Security Council ideas to ease aid distribution in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos has sent the U.N. Security Council a wish list of ways aid can be better distributed in Syria that includes allowing cross-border deliveries, humanitarian pauses in fighting and advance notice of m…
U.S. says it awaits Iran’s ‘credible steps’ on nuclear issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The inauguration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is a chance for that country to move quickly to resolve concerns about its nuclear program, but the United States wants to see actions from Tehran, the State Department said on…
India-Pakistan talks in jeopardy as Indian soldiers killed
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India said a group of militants from Pakistan killed five of its soldiers in an ambush along the disputed border in Kashmir on Tuesday, an accusation that threatens to derail efforts to resume peace talks.
