Iran nominee seen as olive branch to United States
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a “grand bargain,” he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minis…
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead
GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said.
Tunisia says eight soldiers killed near Algeria border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Eight Tunisian soldiers were killed by militants near the Algerian border on Monday, the president’s office said, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks on the country’s security forces in decades.
Egypt sides defiant as EU envoy seeks compromise
CAIRO (Reuters) – Europe’s top diplomat shuttled between Egypt’s rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in a mission to pull the country back from more bloodshed, but both sides were unyielding after 80 Islamist supporters were gunned down.
Tunisia announces three days of mourning for slain soldiers: TV
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president announced three days of mourning for 8 soldiers killed in an ambush attack by militants, state television said.
Assad’s forces kill 12 rebels taking flour from mill: activist
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 12 rebel fighters were killed on Monday as they were taking flour from a mill on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, opposition activists said, in their latest setback at the hands of forces loyal to President Bash…
Islamist party office attacked as Libya violence persists
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Assailants attacked an Islamist party office in Tripoli on Monday and a soldier was killed in fighting in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, officials said, in an escalation of violence following the assassination of a political acti…
Servant was well-treated, say lawyers for Saudi princess in U.S. trafficking case
SANTA ANA (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Saudi princess accused of holding a Kenyan servant a virtual prisoner in her California home portrayed the servant on Monday as so well-treated that she had access to amenities like a spa and pool and went shopping a…
Newborn, pregnant women among 31 migrants drowned off Libya: UNHCR
ROME (Reuters) – A newborn baby and four pregnant women are among 31 migrants feared drowned off the coast of Libya after their boat suffered a puncture and sank while trying to reach southern Europe’s shores, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.
