MOSCOW – Russian hackers have attacked the website of a Moscow court where three members of the Pussy Riot punk band were tried and sentenced to two years in jail.
Top Israeli official talks Iran with senior rabbi
An Israeli religious party official says the prime minister’s national security adviser met with a prominent rabbi and tried to persuade him to favor a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
US drones kill three in northwest Pakistan
A US drone strike on Tuesday killed at least three suspected militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. Syrian minister warns US against intervention
A Syrian deputy prime minister has warned the United States against any military intervention in Syria. Top priority winning back north: new Mali govt
Mali's new foreign minister said Tuesday that winning back the Islamist-occupied north is the top priority of a unity government which was formed on orders from West African mediators. Ethiopia's powerful leader Meles dies, deputy to take over
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a regional strongman in the volatile Horn of Africa who ruled with an iron fist for over two decades, has died in hospital in Brussels after a long illness, officials said Tuesday. Rape or politics? Assange sex case splits Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Julian Assange's desperate attempt to avoid being sent from London to Stockholm to face questioning over alleged sex crimes has ignited bitter arguments in Britain over perceptions of rape. The founder of WikiLeaks has turned his legal travails into a political issue, causing a diplomatic row by taking refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, but a growing number of critics want to focus attention back onto the allegations of sexual violence. … Greek secret service called in to investigate wildfires, as island of Chios burns for 4th day
ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s secret service will join investigations into an unusually large number of wildfires across the country to see if arson has been involved, an official said Tuesday.
Togo police teargas opposition protesters in vote run-up
LOME (Reuters) – Police in Togo fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse thousands of opposition protesters in the capital Lome on Tuesday, as tensions over upcoming legislative elections boiled over. Youths burned tires and threw rocks in cat-and-mouse clashes with security forces in the gritty coastal city, and at least one protester was struck by a rubber bullet and carried away, according to a Reuters witness. …
Netanyahu condemns hate attack on Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday strongly condemned a brutal hate attack on young Palestinians last week in Jerusalem, describing it as a combination of "racism and violence." Is Hailemariam Desalegn Ethiopia's new longtime leader or just a placeholder?
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi pushes his relatively unknown successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, into the spotlight, but it’s not yet known if he will be Ethiopia’s next long-time leader or a placeholder.
Two Jordan UN peacekeepers 'missing' in Darfur
Two Jordanian peacekeepers from the African Union-UN mission in the Darfur region of western Sudan have gone missing, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in an upsurge of incidents in the region. Greek secret service to investigate wildfires
Greece's secret service will join investigations into an unusually large number of wildfires across the country to see if arson has been involved, an official said Tuesday. Oil resumes upward march, tops $97 per barrel
The price of oil resumed its upward climb Tuesday, spurred by gains on Wall Street and speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might take action to spark the sluggish recovery. India cracks down on Internet after communal violence
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India pressed social media websites including Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday to remove "inflammatory" content it said helped spread rumors that sparked an exodus of migrants from some Indian cities last week. The government said in a statement it had already blocked access to 245 web pages it said contained doctored videos and images, and the telecommunications secretary, R Chandrashekhar, threatened legal action against the websites if they did not fully comply with the requests to take down the offending pages. … New luxury marina upgrades tourism in tiny Montenegro
TIVAT, Montenegro – A newly developed luxury resort village called Porto Montenegro may finally be helping Montenegro’s image catch up with its overly glamorous portrayal in the 2006 James Bond film “Casino Royale.”
Ukraine stays extradition of Putin murder plot suspect
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has suspended the extradition to Russia of a suspect in a foiled plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said it would review the case, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. A Ukrainian court this month ruled that Adam Osmayev should be extradited to Russia but he challenged the ruling in the Strasbourg-based court. He has denied plotting to blow up Putin. "Ukraine has suspended Adam Osmayev's extradition. … Is Ethiopia's new leader in place for long?
The death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi pushes his relatively unknown successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, into the spotlight, but it’s not yet known if he will be Ethiopia’s next long-time leader or a placeholder.
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