Italy agrees to take in stranded migrants after Malta refuses
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Italy on Tuesday night agreed to take 102 migrants stranded on a tanker in the Mediterranean after Malta refused to allow them entry for three days.
Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical and police sources said, part of a surge in violence in recent mon…
Singapore drops contempt charges against cartoonist in return for apology
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has dropped charges against a political cartoonist in return for an apology for publishing comic strips deemed to be in contempt of court, an offence that could have landed him in jail.
Seventeen killed in drug gang fight in Honduras: officials
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – At least 17 people died in a battle between drug gangs over a cocaine shipment in the isolated Mosquito Coast of Honduras, government officials said on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands rally to oust Tunisian government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Tunisians crowded the streets of downtown Tunis on Tuesday to demand the transitional government’s ouster, in the largest opposition protest since the country’s political crisis began two weeks ago.
Iran’s leader reaches out to U.S., vows to resolve nuclear row
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s incoming President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday offered an olive branch to the United States in talks on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, raising hopes of progress after years of stalemate.
New U.S. spying revelations coming from Snowden leaks: journalist
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who published documents leaked by fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, plans to make new revelations “within the next 10 days or so” on secret U.S. surveillance of th…
Tunisia ruling party official calls parliament freeze a ‘coup’
TUNIS (Reuters) – The suspension on Tuesday of Tunisia’s embattled Constituent Assembly is an “unacceptable coup” by the body’s leader, Mustafa Ben Jaafar, said an Assembly member from the country’s ruling Islamist party.
Egyptian government to say mediation failed to end crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) – The chances for a negotiated end to Egypt’s political crisis looked to have hit the rocks on Tuesday with the army-installed government reportedly ready to declare that foreign mediation efforts had failed.
Haiti to hold parliamentary elections this year: U.S. senator
MIAMI (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Martelly plans to hold overdue elections before the end of the year, according to U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who is on a four-day visit to the Caribbean nation.
