Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions rise
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.
Berlusconi faces verdict that could endanger Italian government
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s supreme court convenes on Tuesday to rule whether Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed and banned from public office for tax fraud, a verdict that could endanger Italy’s shaky coalition government.
Spain mourns train crash victims in official Mass
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) – Mourners packed a memorial service on Monday for the 79 people who died in the country’s worst rail disaster in decades, as investigators prepared to analyze information from the train’s data recording device, …
Bombs kill 15 in Nigeria’s Kano: police source
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria’s biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people on Monday, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
Kerry seeks ‘reasonable compromises’ in Israeli-Palestinian talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Monday for Israel and the Palestinians to make “reasonable compromises” for peace as he prepared to preside over their first direct negotiations in nearly three years.
Mali election challenges loom as rivals stake claims
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Former Malian prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s campaign team said on Monday its results put Keita in a strong lead and in reach of outright victory in Mali’s election, but rivals said they were sure a run-off vote would have t…
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Gunmen launch major attack on Pakistani prison holding militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Grenade-wielding Taliban fighters battled Pakistani security forces during a sophisticated midnight attack on a major prison holding hundreds of Taliban and other militants, police said on Monday.
Iran nominee seen as olive branch to United States
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a “grand bargain,” he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minis…
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
