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Gunmen kill American in Libya’s Benghazi: sources

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed a U.S. citizen working at a world college in the Libyan metropolis of Benghazi, clinical and security sources stated on Thursday. The attackers shot the American man, who used to be an trainer or instructor at the Benghazi faculty, while he exercised within the […]

 
 

Clashes erupt as militia enter Central African Republic capital

Clashes erupt as militia enter Central African Republic capital

Via Emmanuel Braun BANGUI (Reuters) – Gunfire echoed through the capital of Crucial African Republic on Thursday within the heaviest clashes there for months, hours prior to the U.N. was expected to authorize a French mission to curb escalating Muslim-Christian sectarian violence. Former rebels controlling Bangui said they had come […]

 
 

Hezbollah says commander killed in Beirut, blames Israel

Through Laila Bassam and Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Shi’ite militant Hezbollah workforce mentioned on Wednesday one in every of its commanders was once killed out of doors his Beirut home in an in a single day assault it blamed on Israel. Israel denied any function in the killing […]

 
 

Ukraine ministers beat street blockade, ready for cabinet meeting: spokesman

Ukraine ministers beat street blockade, ready for cabinet meeting: spokesman

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian ministers reached the principle executive headquarters in Kiev on Wednesday despite makes an attempt via protesters to block their method and have been getting ready to carry an ordinary cupboard assembly, the government press carrier said. Thousands of protesters, demonstrating in opposition to the government’s coverage […]

 
 

Thai protesters end rally at police HQ but say fight will go on

Thai protesters end rally at police HQ but say fight will go on

By way of Pairat Temphairojana and Jutarat Skulpichetrat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Protesters in Thailand seeking to convey down the government swiftly ended a rally at national police headquarters on Wednesday but their leader stated the battle would go on despite efforts by way of authorities to defuse the difficulty. After […]

 
 

Syria death toll hits nearly 126,000: monitoring group

Syria death toll hits nearly 126,000: monitoring group

Via Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – The demise toll in Syria’s civil war has risen to at least a hundred twenty five,835, greater than a third of them civilians, however the real determine is most definitely much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights mentioned on Monday. The professional-opposition monitoring […]

 
 

Thai PM calls for talks as police use rubber bullets on protesters

Thai PM calls for talks as police use rubber bullets on protesters

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would “open every door” to find a peaceful approach to a political main issue gripping Bangkok as police used rubber bullets in opposition to protesters in quest of to topple her […]

 
 

Analysis: Saudis have few options as they push tougher foreign policy

Analysis: Saudis have few options as they push tougher foreign policy

By using Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia seems to have few manageable options for pursuing a more impartial and forthright foreign coverage, despite its deep unease concerning the West's tentative rapprochement with Iran. Upset with the USA, senior Saudis have hinted at a spread of potentialities, from constructing […]

 
 

Egyptian assembly raises doubt over democracy timetable

Egyptian assembly raises doubt over democracy timetable

The assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution voted on Sunday towards an editorial requiring parliamentary elections to be held sooner than presidential elections, raising uncertainty about the u . s .’s political transition timetable. Thirty-three contributors of the 50-member assembly named by way of intervening time President Adly Mansour voted against […]

 
 

Thai protesters step up action, PM forced to leave building

Thai protesters step up action, PM forced to leave building

Via Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – About 30,000 protesters launched a “folks’s coup” on Thailand’s govt on Sunday, swarming state companies in violent clashes, taking keep an eye on of a state broadcaster and forcing the top minister to flee a police compound. But after a day of skirmishes […]

 
 

Iran, powers to meet next week on carrying out nuclear deal

Iran, powers to meet next week on carrying out nuclear deal

Envoys of Iran and six world powers will meet subsequent week to begin figuring out steps to put into effect a deal beneath which Tehran is to curb its nuclear application in return for some respite from sanctions, a prime Iranian negotiator stated. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi used […]

 
 

Shots fired as Thai anti-government protests turn violent

Shots fired as Thai anti-government protests turn violent

Through Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) – Gunshots have been fired and an anti-govt crowd attacked motorcyclists and automobiles close to a stadium rally by supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday, as tensions boiled over amid attempts to topple her from power. A couple […]

 
 

Leading Egyptian activist turns himself in

Leading Egyptian activist turns himself in

Ahmad Maher, an emblem of the well-liked rebellion that ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, turned himself in to the authorities on Saturday after an order was once issued for his arrest for defying a brand new legislation restricting demonstrations. The protest regulation, handed per week ago by means of […]

 
 

North Korea showcases detained U.S. pensioner as war criminal

North Korea showcases detained U.S. pensioner as war criminal

By using Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea accused a detained U.S. veteran on Saturday of killing civilians during the Korean War 60 years ago and showed a video of the eighty five-year-previous making a full confession and apology as if the battles are still raging. The North's KCNA […]

 
 

Tents, refugees crowd Lebanese valley – just don’t call it a camp

Tents, refugees crowd Lebanese valley – just don’t call it a camp

By way of Oliver Holmes ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) – White tents with "The U.N. Refugee Agency" written on them flap within the wind outside the Lebanese mountain city of Arsal. In all respects, it is a refugee camp, however you have to not call it that, say officials. The site […]