France says terror chiefs killed in Mali
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday a military campaign against Islamist rebels in Mali has killed “terrorist leaders”, without clarifying whether he was referring to two al Qaeda commanders reported dead last …
U.N. partially lifts arms embargo on Somalia for a year
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council agreed on Wednesday to partially lift a decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year, allowing the government in Mogadishu to buy light weapons to strengthen its security forces to fight al Qaeda…
Protests rage in Egypt’s Port Said for fourth day
PORT SAID/CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian protesters demanding the release of prisoners battled police in Port Said for a fourth day on Wednesday, challenging state authority in the turbulent city at the northern end of the Suez Canal.
Kenyans await outcome of tight presidential vote
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities were racing to gather final election results on Wednesday, with the partial count still giving the lead to a politician who faces charges in The Hague for ethnic killings following the 2007 vote.
Germany: U.S. to keep 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghanistan post-2014
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany’s Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told NATO allies gathered in Brussels that the United States would keep between 8,000 and 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014…
Magistrate starts Pistorius bail decision
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African magistrate Desmond Nair started reading his decision on Friday on the bail hearing of Oscar Pistorius, the athletics star accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Tunisian president asks Islamist to form government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Friday asked Interior Minister Ali Larayedh, a hardliner from the main Islamist Ennahda party, to form a government within two weeks, his spokesman said.
Iran appears to advance in construction of Arak nuclear plant
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran appears to be advancing in its construction of a research reactor Western experts say could offer the Islamic state a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, if it decided to embark on such a course, a U.N. report s…
India says warned of bombs that killed 16 in IT hub Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – India had intelligence agency warnings of a security threat several days before two bombs went off in a market in the city of Hyderabad, the interior minister said on Friday, adding that the death toll had risen to 16.
Malian, French troops kill 15 Islamists in Gao: France
PARIS (Reuters) – Malian troops backed by French soldiers and attack helicopters killed 15 Islamists in Gao on Thursday in fighting to retake a mayor’s office occupied by the militants, France’s Defense Ministry said on Friday.
