Arabs battle Syrian Kurds as Assad’s foes fragment
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels and al Qaeda-linked fighters clashed with Kurds in northern Syria on Thursday, activists said, in a battle for territory highlighting the country’s descent towards sectarian and ethnic fiefdoms after two years of war.
Guinea braces for long-delayed parliamentary vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Parliamentary elections in Guinea on Saturday officially cap the mineral-rich West African country’s return to civilian rule after a 2008 coup, but many fear that the vote could reignite violence that killed dozens of people earlier…
Maldives to hold run-off vote despite court delay: official
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives will go ahead with a presidential election run-off on September 28, election commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek said on Thursday, despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone the second round following a complaint of vote …
Sudan says 29 people killed in riots
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A total of 29 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Sudan, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, in the first official toll since the outbreak of violence on Monday.
Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto Rican law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
Former Auschwitz guard charged in ‘last chance’ push for justice
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors on Thursday charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz death camp as an accessory to murder, part of a renewed drive to bring lower-level Nazi collaborators to justice before they die.
Mali says Sahel needs rapid reaction force to fight Islamists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali’s newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called on Thursday for nations in the Sahara region to create a regional multilateral force that could intervene quickly to respond to the ongoing Islamist threat across t…
Argentina, Spain join up to pressure Britain on Falklands, Gibraltar
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina and Spain agreed on Thursday to team up to pressure Britain to discuss their separate claims on British territories: the Falklands in the south Atlantic and Gibraltar near the southern tip of Spain.
Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar ‘open jail’ remarks
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal recalled its ambassador in Qatar on Thursday after she called the Gulf state an “open jail” for Nepalis who suffer labor abuses, and amid outrage about labor conditions and deaths as the emirate prepares to host the 2022 Wor…
Divers find human remains on site of Italy cruise ship wreck
ROME (Reuters) – Divers on Thursday recovered what they believe could be the remains of the last two missing bodies from the sea where the Costa Concordia cruise liner sank last year off the Italian island of Giglio.
