NEW YORK, N.Y. – “Glee” co-creator Ryan Murphy didn’t hesitate when given a chance to pay tribute to his American idol, legendary TV producer Norman Lear, at the 40th International Emmy Awards.
David Ferrer beats Tomas Berdych to level Davis Cup final at 2-2 for Spain against Czechs
PRAGUE – David Ferrer kept alive Spain’s hopes of winning a fourth Davis Cup title in five years by beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the first reverse singles match Sunday to level the final at 2-2.
At least 10 civilians killed in Israeli airstrike
Palestinian medical officials say at least 10 civilians, including women and young children, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Israel expands targets to hit Hamas homes as Israel envoy talks with Egypt on ceasefire
An Israeli envoy held talks with Egyptian officials Sunday on a ceasefire in his country’s offensive on Gaza as Israel widened the range of its targets, striking more than a dozen homes of Hamas militants and two media officials. Seven civilians were killed, including five children, in the conflict’s highest one-day civilian toll yet, according to security officials and witnesses.
Three killed as Egyptian soldiers, residents clash over land
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three people were killed and 12 injured in a firefight between soldiers and armed residents over a disputed island in the Nile west of Egypt’s capital Cairo, a security source said. An army statement said the authorities were clearing the island, which the army says it owns and is a centerpoint for its operations to keep Cairo secure, after armed-residents raided it on Friday night forcing guards out. Residents exchanged fire with security forces from buildings overlooking the island, at Giza, injuring four soldiers. …
Exclusive: Video shows Nigerian troops shooting captives
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A video obtained by Reuters shows Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives in broad daylight by the roadside in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the bastion of an Islamist insurgency. Nigeria’s military has long been accused of human rights abuses, including summary executions, in the troubled north but there has been no video proof since the first crackdown on the Islamist sect Boko Haram in 2009. A spokesman for the army said it was “impossible” for Nigerian troops to do such a thing. …
Puntland says arrests al Shabaab members, seizes explosives
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s northern region of Puntland, which up to now has been spared violence fuelled by Islamist fighters, said on Sunday its security forces had arrested two suspected members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group. Puntland’s president has warned the militants, squeezed out of their urban strongholds further south, were moving north towards his semi-autonomous region, a relatively peaceful area. The government said in a statement security forces on Saturday arrested a man known as Abu Hafsa, whom they said was al Shabaab’s head of assassinations. …
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