Syria meets deadline for chemical weapons disclosure
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Syria has handed over information about its chemical arsenal to a U.N.-backed weapons watchdog, meeting the first deadline of an ambitious disarmament operation that averted the threat of Western air strikes.
Israel holds Palestinian for killing soldier in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli soldier has been killed by a Palestinian who lured him to a village in the West Bank and wanted to trade the soldier’s body for the release of his imprisoned brother, Israeli security officials said on Saturday.
Death toll in attack on Baghdad Shi’ite stronghold rises to 50: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The death toll from a bomb attack on Saturday in Baghdad’s Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City has risen to 50, police and medics said.
Greek civil servants call strike on September 24-25
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s civil servants’ union ADEDY has called a 48-hour strike for Tuesday and Wednesday to protest against broad civil sector layoffs and transfers required by Greece’s international lenders.
Greek teachers to continue strike against layoffs
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek teachers will stay off the job on Monday and Tuesday, continuing a strike launched this week to protest against the public sector layoffs and forced job transfers demanded by international lenders, their union said on Saturday….
Afghan in uniform kills three foreign special forces soldiers
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan wearing a security forces uniform shot dead three foreign special forces personnel on Saturday and wounded another, Afghan and Western military officials said, in the first apparent “insider attack” in several months.
Nairobi mall shooting may be ‘terrorist’ attack: government
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A mass shooting in a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday might be a “terrorist” attack, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior said.
Kenyan soldiers move into Nairobi mall to flush out attackers: witness
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan soldiers joined an operation to flush out gunmen who killed at least 15 people in a shopping centre in the capital of Nairobi on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
Nairobi mall shooting may be ‘terrorist’ attack: government
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A mass shooting in a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday might be a “terrorist” attack, Kenya’s Ministry of Interior said.
Sri Lankan Tamils vote in former war zone amid charges of intimidation
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Voters in Sri Lanka thronged polling stations on Saturday in an election that threatens to rekindle animosity between the government and ethnic minority Tamils, four years after the military crushed separatists and ended a…
