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.
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.
Gunmen kill seven Tunisian soldiers near Algeria border: radio station
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead seven Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border on Monday, according to Tunisia’s Mosaique radio station.
Aggressive Chinese territorial claims bring risks: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aggressive moves by China to assert territorial claims run the risk of “miscalculations” but are also helping Washington strengthen ties with other countries in the region, the general who oversees U.S. air forces in the Pacific …
Israel convicts seven Arab citizens in Jewish gunman’s killing
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – An Israeli court convicted seven Arab citizens on Monday in connection with the mob killing in 2005 of a Jewish gunman after he went on a lethal shooting rampage on a bus in their town.
Syria says army retakes Homs district from rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops drove insurgents from a central district of Homs on Monday, tightening their siege on remaining rebel bastions in the city, which links Damascus to the Mediterranean heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect…
Pope says gays should not be marginalized
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalized but integrated into society, in some of the most conciliatory remarks by a pontiff on the issue of homosexuality.
Tunisian prime minister aims for December election
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Prime Minister on Monday proposed holding fresh elections in December, and said that the Islamist-led transitional government would go on with its work despite mounting efforts to dissolve it.
Italian bus plunges off viaduct, 38 people killed
MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy (Reuters) – Thirty-eight people were killed and at least 18 injured when a bus plunged 25 meters (80 ft) off a viaduct in Italy, in the second major transport disaster in southern Europe in less than a week.
Islamist party office attacked as Libya violence surges
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Assailants attacked an Islamist party office in Tripoli and a soldier was killed in fighting in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, officials said, in a wave of unrest since the killing of a political activist last week.
