Germany hopes to charge 30 former Auschwitz guards
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) – German justice officials called on Tuesday for 30 former Nazi guards to face prosecution for their role in facilitating mass murder at the Auschwitz death camp during World War Two.
In Mideast, view of U.S. as hesitant superpower sharpens
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The world’s most powerful man decides to threaten Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
‘Clever’ Merkel promises to shield Germany from rivals’ taxes
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel urged Germans on Tuesday to re-elect her “clever” government, saying it would shield their businesses and jobs from tax hikes by the center-left.
Sudan will continue to allow passage of South Sudan’s oil exports
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan will continue to allow South Sudan to export its oil through northern pipelines and Port Sudan port, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Tuesday.
Hamas says Egyptian military building buffer zone with Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces have destroyed some 20 houses along the border with Gaza, local residents said on Tuesday, in what the Palestinian enclave’s Islamist Hamas rulers fear is an effort to build a buffer zone to isolate them.
Egypt jails 11 Islamists for life for attacking army
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military court sentenced 11 supporters of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi to life imprisonment on Tuesday on charges of attacking the army, a military source said.
Top Indonesia policeman guilty of graft, could pave way for more arrests
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An Indonesian court sentenced a top police general to 10 years in jail on Tuesday for money-laundering and corruption in a major victory for the country’s main anti-graft agency.
Romania opens inquiry against communist gulag chief
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania launched a criminal inquiry on Tuesday against a communist jail commander from the 1960s who is accused of crimes against humanity, as the country confronts its Stalinist past.
Syrian defector has evidence of March chemical attack: opposition
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Syrian forensic medicine expert with evidence that President Bashar al-Assad’s administration used chemical weapons in an attack near Aleppo in March has defected to Turkey, the opposition said on Tuesday.
Unannounced Israel-U.S. missile test fuels jitters over Syria
JERUSALEM/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on S…
