Suicide bomber kills six Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
TBILISI (Reuters) – Six Georgian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with explosives, the defense ministry said.
Protests held in France after left-wing student beaten to death
PARIS (Reuters) – Left-wingers protested in Paris on Thursday one day after a group of far-right militants beat a leftist student to death in a busy central Paris district.
Malian troops advance on last rebel-held stronghold
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian special forces advanced towards the rebel-held town of Kidal on Thursday on a scouting mission ahead of a possible assault on the last stronghold of the Tuareg separatist MNLA, a day before peace talks were due to begin.
Palestinian PM Hamdallah sworn in, faces Hamas, economic issues
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza.
Defendants cheered at ‘show trial’ of anti-Putin protesters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Supporters clapped and chanted “Freedom” in a Moscow courthouse on Thursday as 12 Russians went before a judge charged with mass disorder during a protest against President Vladimir Putin.
Merkel urged to come clean on Greek debt risks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition Social Democrats demanded that Chancellor Angela Merkel come clean about the risk of losses on government loans to Greece before a looming election, after the IMF said Athens may require additional debt relief as…
Bangladesh spurns garment industry in budget
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s finance minister promised on Thursday to improve working conditions in the garment industry after a deadly factory collapse, but he spurned calls for new public money to construct safer buildings.
Britain to pay for colonial-era torture, denies liability
LONDON/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Britain expressed regret on Thursday for the abuse of Kenyans by colonial forces during the 1950s Mau Mau insurgency and announced compensation for 5,228 survivors, but stopped short of apologizing.
Civil war memories, oil wealth smooth Algeria politics
BOUMERDES, Algeria (Reuters) – With its president in a French hospital for over a month and the surrounding region in turmoil, Algeria looks from the outside to be on course for a period of unrest.
Analysis: Hezbollah’s Syria victory risks wider Sunni-Shi’ite conflict
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The capture of Qusair by Syrian troops spearheaded by Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite Islamist militia, risks turning the war in Syria into a wider sectarian battle between Sunni and Shi’ite forces that will sweep through the country…
