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…
Woman jailed in Dubai after reporting rape hopes to warn others
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Norwegian interior designer jailed in Dubai for illicit sex after she reported being raped says she has no regrets about coming forward if her warning will protect others from a similar fate.
Gunmen kill five Kurdish security forces in northern Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five members of the Kurdish security forces at a checkpoint in northern Iraq on Sunday, bringing the day’s death toll from bombings and shootings across the whole country to 14.
Syrian forces kill at least 49 rebels near Damascus: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces ambushed rebels in a strategic suburb near the capital Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 49 people, a pro-opposition monitoring group said.
Insight: Canadian train disaster a dark turn for rail veteran
(Reuters) – A blinding flash of orange light jarred Weyauwega residents awake before dawn on March 4, 1996. An 81-car freight train had been barreling toward the farm town in central Wisconsin when it jumped a broken rail. The train’s propane and petro…
Sukhoi jet has belly landing in Iceland
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Sukhoi Superjet made a belly landing during a test flight on Sunday at Iceland’s Keflavik airport in Reykjavik, according to a statement by its Russian manufacturer.
Netanyahu sees Mursi fall as sign of political Islam’s weakness
BERLIN (Reuters) – In rare remarks on Egypt’s government crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that the fall of the president, Mohamed Mursi, demonstrates the weaknesses of political Islamist movements.
Kidnapped Mali election workers freed in north: official
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen have freed four election workers and a deputy mayor a day after they were kidnapped in Mali’s remote northern town of Tessalit, a local official said on Sunday.
