Exclusive: Arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An Iranian ship laden with arms seized by Yemeni authorities in January may also have been bound for Somalia, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Monday.
Suicide bomber kills 22 in Iraqi Shi’ite mosque
MUQDADIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a mourning ceremony inside a Shi’ite mosque in Iraq late on Monday, killing at least 22 people, police said.
Pakistan’s commercial hub faces growing extortion menace
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – One afternoon a stranger called at Muhammad Faizanullah’s stationery shop in Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital, and wordlessly handed the man behind the counter two items: a piece of paper with a phone number scrawled…
Egypt army gives Mursi 48 hours to share power
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country.
Top Vatican bank managers resign after Monsignor’s arrest
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two top managers of the scandal-plagued Vatican bank resigned on Monday following the arrest of a high-ranking cleric with close ties to the financial institution, in the latest of a string of embarrassments for the Holy See.
Edward Snowden threatens new U.S. leaks, applies for Russian asylum
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence on Monday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow to say he remains free to make new disclosures about U.S. spying activity.
Exclusive: Somalia Central Bank a ‘slush fund’ for private payments – U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Money at the Central Bank of Somalia is not used to run government institutions in the war-torn Horn of Africa country, with an average 80 percent of withdrawals made for private purposes, according to a U.N. report seen by R…
Colombian rebel groups hold rare summit to talk peace, revolution
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The top commanders of Colombia’s two biggest rebel groups met in secret to discuss ways to bolster the nation’s “guerrilla and revolutionary” movement, a sign the insurgent groups may be seeking to pressure the government for a joint…
Syrian rebels threaten to target Shi’ite villages in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Monday threatened to seize two Shi’ite Muslim villages that back President Bashar al-Assad unless they surrendered to the opposition.
Sudan, South Sudan vow to end oil row, but offer no concrete steps
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The vice presidents of Sudan and South Sudan pledged on Monday to resolve a conflict over Juba’s alleged support for rebels that is threatening cross-border oil flows, but failed to offer any concrete solutions.
