Small explosive found near Brazilian sanctuary before pope’s visit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian police found a small homemade explosive in a parking garage near a Catholic sanctuary in the city of Aparecida where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this week, a state news service said on Monday.
EU adds Hezbollah’s military wing to terrorism list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group’s involvement in a deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war.
Pro and anti-Mursi protesters clash near Cairo’s Tahrir square
CAIRO (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi clashed in central Cairo on Monday, hurling stones and firing birdshot and fireworks at each other, witnesses said.
Moroccan king approves resignations, paving way for coalition talks
RABAT (Reuters) – The king of Morocco on Monday accepted the resignation of cabinet ministers from the junior party in the ruling coalition, the palace said, a move that opens the way for Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane to begin trying to form a new…
Colombia’s FARC offers arms, support to Catatumbo protesters
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels offered armed support to a rural protest in the Andean nation’s volatile northeast – a gesture that could ignite violence and increase friction as the Marxist group seeks a negotiated peace with the government….
U.S. working on date for Israeli, Palestinian meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working to bring together Israeli and Palestinian representatives in Washington in the coming weeks to seek ways to open direct talks in the long-moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, officials said on …
Family of Egypt’s Mursi alleges abduction, new clashes in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – The family of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president said on Monday it would take legal action against the army as his supporters and opponents clashed in street battles in central Cairo.
Dubai pardons Norwegian woman convicted after reporting rape
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai has pardoned a Norwegian woman who was sentenced to jail for illicit sex after she reported being raped by a colleague while on a visit to the emirate, the public prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Palestinians, Israelis play down chances of imminent talks
RAMALLAH, West Bank/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israelis and Palestinians played down on Monday the prospects of their envoys meeting in Washington any time soon, and the White House said getting the two sides to agree a peace deal remained an “enormous chal…
Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.
