Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A British businessman murdered in China in a high-profile case of political intrigue was an informal source of information for Britain’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Americans tour base to recruit Libyan anti-militant force: commander
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. officials in Libya have begun to look for recruits for a commando force which they plan to train to fight militants, a former commander of Libyan rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday.
Sudan rebels kill two in shelling: army
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese rebels killed two children and wounded eight other civilians when they shelled the main town in Sudan’s oil-producing South Kordofan state on Tuesday, the army said – the third bout of shelling in the past two weeks.
Nigeria arrests 15 Russian sailors carrying arms
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities seized a ship and arrested its 15 Russian crew members on suspicion of arms smuggling, after they found several guns and about 8,500 rounds of ammunition on the boat, the Navy said on Tuesday.
Iran says may stop oil sales if sanctions tighten
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it would stop oil exports if pressure from Western sanctions got any tighter and it had a “Plan B” contingency strategy to survive without oil revenues.
Over 100,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon now: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) – Lebanon has become the third of Syria’s neighbors after Turkey and Jordan to register more than 100,000 refugees from Syria’s civil war, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Egyptian constitution case sent to higher court
CAIRO (Reuters) – A complaint filed by critics of the heavily Islamist assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution was referred to a higher court on Tuesday, a move likely to give the body more time to complete its work.
Fighting flares in Lebanese city over Syria loyalties
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Four people were killed and 15 wounded in overnight gun battles in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in a second night of fighting between Sunni and Alawite gunmen loyal to different sides in the war in neighboring Syria, a mili…
China hints at reform by dropping Mao’s legacy
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has dropped its strongest hint yet that it will move in the direction of reform, removing a once standard reference to late leader Mao Zedong in statements ahead of a generational leadership transition…
Bomb wounds Israeli officer on Gaza border
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli officer was severely wounded on Tuesday when a bomb went off beside an army patrol along the border with the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.
