Syria says army retakes Homs district from rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops drove insurgents from a central district of Homs on Monday, tightening their siege on remaining rebel bastions in the city, which links Damascus to the Mediterranean heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect…
Pope says gays should not be marginalized
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalized but integrated into society, in some of the most conciliatory remarks by a pontiff on the issue of homosexuality.
Tunisian prime minister aims for December election
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Prime Minister on Monday proposed holding fresh elections in December, and said that the Islamist-led transitional government would go on with its work despite mounting efforts to dissolve it.
Italian bus plunges off viaduct, 38 people killed
MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy (Reuters) – Thirty-eight people were killed and at least 18 injured when a bus plunged 25 meters (80 ft) off a viaduct in Italy, in the second major transport disaster in southern Europe in less than a week.
Islamist party office attacked as Libya violence surges
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Assailants attacked an Islamist party office in Tripoli and a soldier was killed in fighting in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, officials said, in a wave of unrest since the killing of a political activist last week.
Israel convicts six Arab citizens in Jewish gunman’s killing
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli court convicted six Arab citizens on Monday in connection with the mob killing in 2005 of a Jewish gunman after he went on a lethal shooting rampage on a bus in their town.
White House condemns Egyptian military crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House condemned the Egyptian military’s bloody weekend crackdown on demonstrators on Monday but took no immediate steps to suspend U.S. military assistance to Egypt.
Russia should use own electronics in defense industry: deputy PM
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s defense industry is cutting down on its use of foreign electronics as a result of leaks by ex-U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, a Russian government official said on Monday.
Tunisian prime minister says aiming for December election
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Monday the Islamist-led transitional government would continue working despite mounting efforts to dissolve it, and, for the first time, proposed a date for fresh elections later this year…
Looted Cannes gems worth $136 million, official says, record jewel heist
NICE, France (Reuters) – An armed robber stole gems worth $136 million (102 million euros) in a weekend jewelery heist in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, making it the country’s biggest gem theft.
