Bombs, shootings kill at least 47 across Iraq: police
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – Car bombs, roadside bombs and shootings killed at least 47 people in Iraq on Sunday, police and medical sources said, as tensions intensify between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims across the Middle East.
Fears of food and water poisoning after Damascus gassings
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Bombs across Iraq kill at least 42 people: police and medics
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Car and roadside bombs killed at least 42 people across Iraq on Sunday, police and medical sources said.
Britain says Syria chemical attack evidence may already be destroyed
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday that evidence of a chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus could have already been destroyed ahead of a visit to the site by U.N. inspectors.
U.S. spy agency edges into the light after Snowden revelations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There was a time when the U.S. National Security Agency was so secretive that government officials dared not speak its name in public. NSA, the joke went, stood for “No Such Agency.”
Merkel tries to reassure nervous German voters over Greece
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to reassure voters on Sunday that Greece would not need a debt writedown but left open the option of more aid for Athens as she struggled to contain a dispute which could hurt her in next month’…
Medical charity MSF says 355 dead in Syria chemical attack
PARIS (Reuters) – Three hospitals near Damascus reported 355 deaths after an alleged chemical attack last Wednesday out of around 3,600 admissions with neurotoxic symptoms, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Saturday.
Russia warns U.S. not to repeat in Syria past mistakes in region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States on Sunday against repeating past mistakes, saying that any unilateral military action in Syria would undermine efforts for peace and have a devastating impact on the security situation in the Middle Ea…
Russia says ‘tragic mistake’ to assign blame too soon for Syrian gas attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that assigning blame too soon over the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria would be a “tragic mistake”, before a U.N. investigation on Monday.
Russia says ‘tragic mistake’ to assign blame too soon for Syrian gas attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that assigning blame too soon over the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria would be a “tragic mistake”, before a U.N. investigation on Monday.
