Israel’s Netanyahu to make ‘significant’ announcement on Iran
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a televised announcement on Monday evening (1700 GMT) in what his office said would be a “significant development” regarding the 2015 nuclear agreement between global powers and I…
Cambodia registering parties for July vote after main opposition dissolved
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia began registering political parties on Monday for a July general election likely to extend the 33-year-old rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party.
Iran says it can produce higher enriched uranium if U.S. exits nuclear deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran has the technical capability to enrich uranium to a higher level than it could before a multinational nuclear deal was reached to curb its nuclear program, state TV quoted the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy organization Ali Akbar …
ICRC says 10 aid workers freed after going missing in South Sudan
GENEVA (Reuters) – Ten aid workers who went missing in South Sudan last week have been freed from an armed group that detained them in the Yei region southwest of the capital, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement on Monday.
Nazi camp survivors, Austrian far-right party clash over memorial service
VIENNA (Reuters) – A group that represents survivors of a Nazi-era concentration camp said on Monday the far-right Freedom Party (FPO), junior party in Austria’s coalition government, had not been invited to a memorial service, prompting an angry respo…
Thousands call for aid access for villagers trapped by fighting in Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied on Monday in Myanmar’s war-torn Kachin State to demand humanitarian access for villagers trapped by fighting between government forces and ethnic minority insurgents that has displaced more than 5,000 peop…
Britain’s May names new minister to try to end immigration scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit.
Twin blasts in Afghan capital kill at least 26, including nine journalists
KABUL (Reuters) – Explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report on an initial blast and were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber, officials said.
Assad renews offensive as missile strikes raise escalation risk
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army unleashed a massive bombardment against one rebel enclave on Monday and prepared for the withdrawal of insurgents from another as President Bashar al-Assad pushes to crush the rebels’ last besieged strongholds.
Palestinian forum convened after 22 years, beset by boycotts and divisions
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (Reuters) – A powerful but rarely convened assembly that calls itself the Palestinian “supreme authority” meets for the first time in 22 years on Monday, but boycotts and rifts suggest it will struggle to achieve its stated goal of …
