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London braced for further rioting
London police on Sunday maintained an uneasy calm as night fell on the area the day after some of the capital’s worst rioting in years, sparked by the fatal shooting of a local man. As the sun set Sunday, Scotland Yard reported that youths had vandalised a police car and…
Somali goverment forces warily enter former rebel areas
Somali government forces backed by African Union troops moved cautiously on Sunday into areas of the famine-struck capital abandoned the day before by Shebab rebels, a senior military official said. A small number of gunmen from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Shebab militia were still in war-torn Mogadishu after their surprise pullout…
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador from Syria: king
Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Damascus for consultations, King Abdullah said Sunday, in a statement calling on Syria’s leaders to “stop the killing machine”. “Saudi Arabia announces the recall of its ambassador for consultations,” the king said in the statement released in Riyadh in which he urged Syria…
Moqtada al Sadr: U.S. military trainers could be targets post withdrawal
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s fiercely anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has warned that U.S. military trainers will be targets if they stay in the country beyond a year-end deadline for American troops to leave. The statement from Sadr, whose Mehdi Army militia fought U.S. troops until 2008, follows a deal by…
Dozens killed as Assad defends Syria crackdown
DAMASCUS — Syrian forces backed by tanks killed at least 27 people on Sunday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad defended what he termed the state’s duty to crack down on “outlaws” despite mounting condemnation. Security forces killed at least 20 civilians in the city of Deir Ezzor, activists said,…
NATO investigating deadly Afghanistan helicopter crash
KABUL (Reuters) – NATO troops tried to ascertain on Sunday if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 people in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign troops in a single incident in 10 years of war. In what has proved to be a…
Iran arrests 17 young boys and girls over water fight
TEHRAN — Iranian police arrested 17 boys and girls over a water fight at a seaside park in the Islamic republic’s south, a senior judicial official said on Sunday. “Seventeen young boys and girls who were squirting water at each other were arrested on Friday in one of the beach…
UK banks must ‘resume lending’ to avoid fresh recession
LONDON — Britain risks falling back into recession unless its banks increase the amount they are lending to businesses and individuals, Business Secretary Vince Cable said in an interview with The Sunday Times. “The top priority now, to boost growth and jobs and avoid a double dip (recession), is making…
Tens of thousands march in Stockholm’s gay pride parade
STOCKHOLM — Tens of thousands people from all walks of life, including government ministers and uniform-clad gay police officers and army personnel, marched in Stockholm’s gay pride parade Saturday. Police said 35,000 to 50,000 people paraded through the Swedish capital’s centre and that the event took place with no incidents.…
Post-riot London looks ‘like the Blitz’, 42 arrested
Police in London arrested dozens of people on Sunday after 26 officers were injured in the city’s worst riots in years. Rioters in Tottenham, north London, torched vehicles and buildings and looted shops in response to the fatal shooting of a local man by police. Scotland Yard said 42 people…
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