Order restored after fresh Myanmar religious unrest
HTAN KONE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Authorities restored order in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region on Sunday after a Buddhist mob set fire to nearly two dozen Muslim-owned buildings and attacked rescue workers in the latest widening of sectarian violence i…
U.S. says Syrian offer on chemical site inspection is too late
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has little doubt the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians last week, and any decision to open the site to U.N. inspectors was “too late to be credible,” a senior official in the U.S. adminis…
Bomb tears through Yemen air force bus, killing officer
SANAA (Reuters) – A bomb tore through the side of a bus carrying Yemeni air force personnel to their base in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least one officer and wounding several others, state media reported.
Indian police round up all five suspects in Mumbai rape case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police have arrested all five suspects in connection with the gang-rape of a photo journalist in Mumbai last week, a senior official said on Sunday, in a case that has revived uncomfortable questions about women’s safety.
U.N. says experts to visit Syria poison gas site from Monday
(Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons experts will visit the site of an alleged poison gas attack in Syria to conduct investigations beginning on Monday, the United Nations said.
U.S. has ‘little doubt’ chemical arms used in Syria: senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States now has little doubt the Syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians last week, and President Barack Obama is studying how to respond, a senior official in the U.S. administration said on Sunday.
Syria says granted access to U.N. to chemical weapons site
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has agreed to allow U.N. inspectors access to sites in suburbs of Damascus where alleged chemical attacks occurred last week, the Syria Foreign Ministry said in a statement broadcast on state television.
South Sudan’s Kiir puts generals under investigation for abuses
JUBA (Reuters) – Several South Sudanese army generals have been put under investigation for alleged human rights abuses in the east of the country where the army is fighting a rebellion, President Salva Kiir said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe threatens U.S., UK firms over Western sanctions
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe threatened on Sunday to retaliate “tit for tat” against companies from Britain and the United States if these Western powers persisted in pressuring his government with sanctions and what he called “h…
Insight: Syria’s opposition considers national rebel army, Islamists angered
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s Western-backed political opposition plans to create the nucleus of a national army to bring order to the disparate rebel forces battling President Bashar al-Assad and counter the strength of al Qaeda-linked rebel brigades.
