Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen’s streets
SANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused …
Poor and desperate, Syrian refugees beg on Yemen’s streets
SANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Fleeing the bloodshed and destruction of civil war in Syria, Yosra Mustafa and 15 members of her extended family crossed into Turkey, but found life there too expensive. They tried their luck with Jordan, but were refused …
Two Kenyan police killed in attack in northeast county
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two Kenyan police officers were killed and another injured on Thursday in an attack on a local administrator’s office in a northeast county bordering with Somalia, the interior ministry said.
Bomb blasts in markets across Baghdad kill 23 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs left inside busy markets in mainly Sunni Muslim districts of Baghdad killed at least 23 people on Thursday, police said.
Russia warns Japan over travel to disputed islands
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia threatened on Thursday to ban visa-free travel for Japanese officials to four disputed Pacific islands if they make statements demanding the territories be returned to Japan.
Italy president says must handle ‘disturbing’ political issue
ROME (Reuters) – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday canceled his attendance at a conference because of what he called a “disturbing” political development that required his attention, a day after center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi urge…
Exclusive: Any attempt by Greek far-right to force elections could backfire – deputy PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party would damage itself if it tries to force elections by walking out of parliament in a pique over a government crackdown, the country’s deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.
At least 27 dead in Sudan fuel subsidy protests: medical source
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 27 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts announced by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a medical source said on Thursday, in the worst outbreak of unrest in Sudan’s capital in years.
Afghan in army uniform fires on foreign troops, kills one
KABUL (Reuters) – An man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign soldiers in an eastern province on Thursday, killing a U.S. serviceman, local officials said, the second such “insider attack” in a week.
Russia says ready to help guard Syria chemical weapons sites: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to help guard Syria’s chemical weapons sites when President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical arms stockpiles and factories are destroyed, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Thursday by news agenc…
