Algeria warns toll to worsen from hostage bloodbath
Algeria warned other nations to prepare for a higher body count after a four-day siege of a gas plant by Islamist militants ended in a bloodbath, amid fears as many as 50 hostages may have died. Full story‘Torture of prisoners persists in Afghanistan’
The Afghan police and intelligence agents persist in torturing suspected insurgents through beatings, electric shocks and other means, despite foreign efforts to curb abuse, the United Nations says. Full storySyrian opposition fails to form transitional govt
Syrian opposition leaders said on Monday they had failed to agree on a transitional government to run rebel-held areas, dealing a fresh blow to their efforts to present a credible alternative to president Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Full storySnow causes travel chaos across Europe
India gang-rape trial begins as father urges hangings
Five men went on trial Monday over the fatal gang-rape of student on a bus in Delhi as the victim’s father urged the special fast-track court to deliver swift justice and sentence her attackers to hang. Full storyPakistan to probe PM investigator’s death
The Pakistani government has appointed a retired judge to probe the death of an officer who was investigating corruption allegations against prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. Kamran Faisal was found dead on Friday in the... Full storyOpposition beats Merkel team in knife-edge state poll: TV
Germany’s centre-left opposition beat chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling alliance Sunday in a cliffhanger state poll eight months ahead of a national vote, estimates on public television showed. Full storyTaliban suicide squad attacks Kabul police complex
NATO troops joined a fight against a Taliban suicide squad that stormed a Kabul police headquarters at dawn Monday, killing three police officers and unleashing a stand-off that lasted for more than eight hours. Full storyIsrael removes Palestinian protest camp outside Jerusalem
Israeli forces removed Palestinian protest tents from land adjoining a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the second such camp to be torn down in a week. Palestinian activists had pitched tents near... Full storyFrench, Malian troops recapture key frontline towns
French and Malian troops recaptured the key frontline towns of Diabaly and Douentza on Monday in a major boost to their push north to flush out al-Qaeda-linked rebels. The inroads are a significant advance in the 11-day offensive... Full storyMother wanted for Neanderthal baby
