Gunmen attack Malian army in northern town of Kidal
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked Malian government forces in the northern desert town of Kidal on Sunday, a local official said, three days after Tuareg separatist rebels broke off a ceasefire with the newly elected government.
Bahrain jails 50 for ties to anti-government group: activists
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini court sentenced 50 people on Sunday to between five and 15 years in jail for setting up a group that organizes anti-government protests, and that authorities say is working to topple the government by force, activists said….
Suicide bomber kills 40 at Iraq mosque
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi-ite Muslim funeral in a southern Iraqi town on Sunday.
Gunmen kill students as they sleep in Nigerian college
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on Sunday, witnesses said.
Former German foreign minister latest to face plagiarism charge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s former foreign minister and senior Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier has became the latest German politician to face allegations of academic plagiarism, an act which brought down two of Angela Merkel’s ministers.
Egyptian students clash as Mursi turmoil spreads to campuses
CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival groups of students, some armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, clashed in Egypt on Sunday, state media and security sources said, as violence triggered by the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi spread to universities.
Egypt extends detention of hunger strike Canadians
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities have extended the detention of two Canadians held without charge since political clashes in mid-August as officials investigate a small remote control airplane and other items found in the pair’s hotel …
At least 12 dead as Syrian school hit in air strike: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 12 people, most of them students, were killed in an air strike that hit a secondary school in the rebel-held Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday, activists said.
Portuguese seen lodging protest over bailout pain in local polls
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese voters were expected to punish the ruling centre-right Social Democrat candidates in local polls on Sunday after years of budget cuts and tax hikes under the country’s international bailout.
Assad says Syria will respect U.N. chemical weapons accords: Italian TV
ROME (Reuters) – Syria will respect United Nations accords on chemical weapons, President Bashar al-Assad told Italian television station RaiNews24 on Sunday.
