Romania opens inquiry against communist gulag chief
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania launched a criminal inquiry on Tuesday against a communist jail commander from the 1960s who is accused of crimes against humanity, as the country confronts its Stalinist past.
Syrian defector has evidence of March chemical attack: opposition
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Syrian forensic medicine expert with evidence that President Bashar al-Assad’s administration used chemical weapons in an attack near Aleppo in March has defected to Turkey, the opposition said on Tuesday.
Unannounced Israel-U.S. missile test fuels jitters over Syria
JERUSALEM/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on S…
Bosnian miners stage protest 250 meters below ground
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Around 140 miners have barricaded themselves 250 meters below ground at a mine in northern Bosnia and threatened on Tuesday to go on hunger strike in a row over recruitment and pay.
Somali president escapes unhurt from militant ambush
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s president escaped unhurt from an ambush on his military-escorted motorcade on Tuesday that al Qaeda-linked militants said they carried out.
Bashir, Kiir pledge to open new page in Sudan ties, keep oil running
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The leaders of long-time enemies Sudan and South Sudan pledged at a summit in Khartoum on Tuesday to end their conflicts and honor an agreement over vital cross-border oil exports.
Syrian refugee numbers reach two million in ‘tragedy of century’: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2 million refugees have now fled Syria’s civil war in human suffering unparalleled in recent history, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Ambiguous religion policy backfires on Tunisia’s ruling Islamists
TUNIS (Reuters) – The young man at the entrance to Zitouna, the oldest mosque in the Tunis medina, was adamant. Non-Muslims could no longer enter the building, not even just its outside gallery overlooking the busy souk.
Germans oppose more bailouts, want smaller euro zone: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – A majority of Germans say their next government after the September 22 election will have no mandate to provide more funds for the euro zone and that any further aid should be subject to a referendum, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka sees new threats of terrorism, Muslim extremism
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka, under heavy pressure to end human rights abuses four years after the end of a brutal civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, said on Tuesday it faced a new threat of terrorism and Muslim extremism.
