Mali election challenges loom as rivals stake claims
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Former Malian prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s campaign team said on Monday its results put Keita in a strong lead and in reach of outright victory in Mali’s election, but rivals said they were sure a run-off vote would have t…
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Gunmen launch major attack on Pakistani prison holding militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Grenade-wielding Taliban fighters battled Pakistani security forces during a sophisticated midnight attack on a major prison holding hundreds of Taliban and other militants, police said on Monday.
Iran nominee seen as olive branch to United States
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) – If Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani wanted to signal his determination to rebuild relations with the United States and strike a “grand bargain,” he could hardly do better than pick Mohammad Javad Zarif as his foreign minis…
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead
GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said.
Tunisia says eight soldiers killed near Algeria border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Eight Tunisian soldiers were killed by militants near the Algerian border on Monday, the president’s office said, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks on the country’s security forces in decades.
Egypt sides defiant as EU envoy seeks compromise
CAIRO (Reuters) – Europe’s top diplomat shuttled between Egypt’s rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in a mission to pull the country back from more bloodshed, but both sides were unyielding after 80 Islamist supporters were gunned down.
Tunisia announces three days of mourning for slain soldiers: TV
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president announced three days of mourning for 8 soldiers killed in an ambush attack by militants, state television said.
Assad’s forces kill 12 rebels taking flour from mill: activist
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 12 rebel fighters were killed on Monday as they were taking flour from a mill on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, opposition activists said, in their latest setback at the hands of forces loyal to President Bash…
