Sudan dismisses Israeli concerns on arms supplies

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan dismissed as "misleading" Israeli allegations it supplies arms to foes of the Jewish state and said there was no foreign involvement in a munitions factory Khartoum says was bombed by Israel. The poor Muslim East African country...

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Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and insurgents. State television said "terrorists" had assassinated...

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Clinton: Bosnia risks being left behind on EU/NATO path

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Bosnia on Tuesday to overcome ethnic infighting and pursue constitutional reforms needed for any chance of joining NATO and the European Union. "If you do not make progress you will...

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Qatari draft media law criticized by rights group

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's draft media law came under fire on Tuesday from Human Rights Watch, which singled out "loosely worded provisions" penalizing criticism of the Gulf emirate and its neighbors. The New York-based organization urged Qatar's Emir...

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Kurdish leaders eat kebab while followers hunger strike: Erdogan

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused Kurdish leaders of hypocrisy by ordering jailed militants to go on hunger strike while they feasted on kebabs. Some 900 people, most of them imprisoned in more than 50 jails,...

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Netanyahu says strike on Iran would be good for Arabs

PARIS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East. Netanyahu has made...

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Ukraine's Yanukovich shrugs off criticism of election

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich shrugged off international criticism on Tuesday of an election which showed his party on a winning course, while opposition nationalists alleged vote-rigging and threatened possible street protests....

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Europe rights court condemns Poland in abortion rape case

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Poland for the inhumane and degrading treatment of a 14-year-old rape victim whom the authorities tried to stop having an abortion. The girl's right to a private...

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Support for Hungary's ruling party, opposition, up in October

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Public support for Hungary's ruling Fidesz party and its main opposition rivals, the Socialists, increased in October, a survey by pollster Tarki showed on Tuesday. Backing for Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing party rose...

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Burundi gets $2 billion aid pledge, U.N. says

GENEVA (Reuters) - Donors have committed more than $2 billion in pledges to back Burundi's development strategy for 2012-2015 and help the central African nation rebuild after civil war, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "We ended up with more than...

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