South Africa’s Mandela back home after long hospital stay
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela returned to his home on Sunday where he will continue to receive intensive care after three months in hospital with a lung ailment.
China’s hardline ex-security chief: praised by party, reviled by activists
BEIJING (Reuters) – Few figures are as divisive in China as former domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang, reportedly under investigation by the ruling Communist Party for corruption.
Iranian dissidents killed in Iraq camp, U.N. demands inquiry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 47 people were reported killed at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Sunday, the United Nations said, urging Baghdad to investigate the “tragic events” at a site north of the capital.
Thousands rally in Romania against gold mine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of Romanians across the country rallied late on Sunday to protest against the leftist government’s support for a plan to open Europe’s biggest open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana.
India’s Gandhi expected in U.S. for medical check-up: media
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress party, is expected to fly to the United States for a scheduled medical check-up, a news agency report said, just days after she took ill during a marathon parliament debate.
Syria opposition says Assad deploying human shields for air strikes
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has moved military equipment and personnel to civilian areas and put prisoners in military sites as human shields against any Western air strikes, the opposition said on Sunday.
Senegal’s Sall appoints anti-graft campaigner as prime minister
DAKAR (Reuters) – President Macky Sall of Senegal appointed rights activist and anti-corruption campaigner Aminata Toure as prime minister after sacking a previous government on Sunday.
South Sudan’s Kiir to visit Sudan ahead of oil stoppage deadline
KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir will visit Sudan on Tuesday for talks with President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, officials said on Sunday, as the long-time foes seek to avert a halt of vital cross-border oil flows.
Saudis back international intervention against Assad
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia told fellow Arab League states on Sunday that opposing international intervention against the Syrian government would only encourage Damascus to use weapons of mass destruction.
Analysis: Putin sees chance to turn tables on Obama at G20
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Less than three months after Vladimir Putin was cast as a pariah over Syria at the last big meeting of world leaders, the Russian president has glimpsed a chance to turn the tables on Barack Obama.
