Red Cross talking to Colombian rebels about release of U.S. captive
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross is talking to Colombia’s FARC rebels about handing over a former U.S. marine seized by the Marxist group in a jungle region after he set out on a solitary trek despite police warnings abou…
EU weighs sanctions against military wing of Hezbollah
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments could decide to blacklist the military wing of Hezbollah on Monday, in a major policy reversal fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement’s activities in Europe.
Portuguese president says government should stay to tackle crisis
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday ruled out a snap election and said he wanted the centre-right coalition government to stay in place to keep an international bailout on track.
Sex scandals cloud Zimbabwe PM’s election campaign
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s sole television station, state-owned and tightly controlled by President Robert Mugabe, is targeting the private life of his arch rival Morgan Tsvangirai with “attack ads” aimed at discrediting him before July 31…
Briton kidnapped in Nigeria’s Lagos released
ABUJA (Reuters) – A British national kidnapped last week shortly after arriving at Nigeria’s Lagos airport has been released, the British High Commission said on Sunday.
Japan’s Abe has chance to show true colors after big election win
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition scored a decisive victory in an election on Sunday — so big that there are suspicions he will lose interest in difficult economic reforms and pursue his nationalist agenda instead…
Halting Egypt’s wheat imports was Mursi’s biggest mistake: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – The biggest mistake deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi made was stopping wheat imports, Egypt’s new minister of supplies said, pledging to ensure that supplies of a strategic good like wheat do not reach the critically low level…
Syrian Islamist rebel leader freed after clashes among rival rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The local commander of a Syrian rebel group affiliated to al Qaeda was freed on Sunday after being held by Kurdish forces during a power struggle between rival organizations fighting President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Egypt starts amending constitution despite political divisions
CAIRO (Reuters) – A panel of legal experts started work on Sunday to revise Egypt’s Islamist-tinged constitution, a vital first step on the road to fresh elections ordered by the army following its removal of Mohamed Mursi as president.
Nineteen Colombian soldiers killed in clashes with FARC rebels
TAME, Colombia (Reuters) – Nineteen Colombian soldiers were killed in clashes blamed on the country’s Marxist FARC guerrillas, defense ministry sources said on Sunday, the heaviest casualties the armed forces have suffered since the government began pe…
