Syria rebels want al Qaeda suspect to face trial
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s main rebel group said on Monday that it wanted an Islamic court to investigate the killing of one of its top commanders at the hands of foreign Islamist fighters last week.
Teenager killed by shark off France’s Reunion Island
SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, France (Reuters) – A shark killed a 15-year old girl on Monday as she swam with mask and flippers a few meters (yards) from the shore of the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of Brotherhood figures
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the arrest of seven senior Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist figures on Monday over violence between Brotherhood supporters and opponents in the days before and after Mohamed Mursi was deposed as presid…
Rwanda complains to U.N. about new Congo brigade
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Rwanda is accusing the United Nations’ new intervention brigade in eastern Congo of discussing collaboration with Hutu rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide of 1994, thereby jeopardizing regional peace efforts.
Bahraini MP’s house attacked with petrol bombs: state agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Assailants attacked the home of a Bahraini member of parliament with petrol bombs on Monday, the state news agency BNA said, the latest in a series of assaults on public officials and security personnel in the kingdom.
Analysis: France looks for a mellower Merkel post-election
PARIS (Reuters) – With quiet satisfaction, France’s Socialist government has watched Angela Merkel strike an ever softer stance on Europe in recent months as she prepares for Germany’s election.
Army embrace starts to worry some Egyptians
CAIRO (Reuters) – After the party, regrets. At least for some Egyptians.
Spain’s Rajoy rules out stepping down in political scandal
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday he ruled out stepping down after opposition leaders called for him to leave office due to a growing scandal over alleged illegal financing of the ruling People’s Party.
Assad’s forces advance into rebel-held district of Damascus
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian troops backed by tanks and artillery moved into a rebel-held district of Damascus on Monday, stepping up efforts to drive opposition fighters from the capital and build on battlefield gains elsewhere in the country, a rebel com…
Russia should drop ‘foreign agent’ tag for NGOs: rights official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top European human rights official urged Russia on Monday to stop labeling non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as foreign agents under a law he said could have a “chilling effect” on their work.
