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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has called a meeting of his government’s emergency Cobra security committee after the killing of a man in south London, his office said on Wednesday. Britain’s government convenes Cobra meetings only to deal with incidents that have implications for national security. Media reports said a British soldier [...]

U.S. may boost Syria rebels if Assad won’t talk peace

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria‘s leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad said air strikes and shelling rocked the small town on the Syrian-Lebanese [...]

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

CAIRO (Reuters) – Seven members of Egypt’s security forces who were kidnapped in Sinai last week have been released and are on their way to Cairo, army spokesman Ahmed Ali said on his Facebook page on Wednesday. “The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts [...]

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to challenge ally’s ban from election

By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran‘s supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month’s presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote. The Guardian Council, charged with vetting all candidates, disqualified Esfandiar Rahim [...]

Death toll rises to 28 in Freeport Indonesia mine accident

JAKARTA (Reuters) – The death toll from a tunnel collapse at a mine run by the Indonesian unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc has been raised to 28, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, after giving up hope of finding any more survivors. The Arizona-based company closed the world’s second-largest copper [...]

Iran bars candidates for presidential election

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran‘s electoral watchdog has barred former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahadinejad from running in the June 14 presidential election, state media reported on Tuesday. Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie were disqualified by the Guardian Council which approved a list of eight candidates announced by the [...]

Syrian foes move towards talks but fighting rages

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria‘s opposition and the government of President Bashar al-Assad seem to be preparing to take part in an international peace conference against a background of some of the worst fighting this year. On Tuesday, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers, backed by air strikes and artillery, renewed an offensive [...]

UK’s Cameron committed to ruling in coalition until 2015: spokesman

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to governing as part of a two-party coalition until the next national election in 2015, his spokesman said on Tuesday, days after Cameron raised the prospect of the alliance breaking apart. Cameron has ruled with the Liberal Democrats, his junior coalition partner, since 2010, but [...]

Russia says two rebels killed in North Caucasus

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed two suspected militants in the North Caucasus during a night-time sweep in the region plagued by an Islamist insurgency, investigators said on Tuesday. A spokesman for local investigators said the men were killed in a gunbattle with officers after refusing to surrender during a raid on a house [...]

Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. A statement said a military vehicle was damaged by shots fired from Syria but that there were no injuries. It said that soldiers “returned [...]

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