Former Salvadoran president Calderon dies at 69
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Former Salvadoran President Armando Calderon, who helped oversee the Central American country’s transition from a bloody civil war to peace in the 1990s, has died at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer, his family said on …
Vampire scare prompts U.N. pullout from southern Malawi
LILONGWE (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday it has pulled staff out of two districts in southern Malawi where a vampire scare has triggered mob violence in which at least five people have been killed.
Ethnic land dispute forces thousands to flee in Ivory Coast cocoa belt
GUIGLO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – An ethnic-fueled land dispute has driven thousands of farmers off illegal plantations in Ivory Coast’s main cocoa belt, threatening the start of the harvest in the world’s top producer.
NATO launches Black Sea force as latest counter to Russia
CRAIOVA, Romania (Reuters) – NATO launched a new multinational force in Romania on Monday to counter Russia along its eastern flank and to check a growing Russian presence in the Black Sea following the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Crimea.
Bolivia’s Morales leads ‘Che’ homage 50 years after execution
VALLEGRANDE, Bolivia (Reuters) – Thousands gathered on Monday in a small town in southern Bolivia, where the leader of the Cuban revolution Ernesto “Che” Guevara was executed by CIA-backed Bolivian soldiers 50 years earlier.
U.N. assisting thousands of migrants stranded in Libyan smuggling hub
TUNIS (Reuters) – The U.N. migration agency said on Monday it was trying to provide assistance to large numbers of migrants who had been held in the smuggling hub of Sabratha as rival factions battled for control of the city.
Exclusive: EU may shun Myanmar generals in new sanctions – draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will cut back contacts with Myanmar’s top generals in a first step to increase sanctions over an army offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, according to a draft documen…
Marseille attacker probably radicalized by brother: police
ROME (Reuters) – The brother of the man who killed two women with a knife outside Marseille train station last week was probably a foreign fighter in Syria and Iraq, Italian investigators said on Monday.
Russia’s Putin, eyeing election next year, pledges to prosecute vote violations
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s central election commission urged President Vladimir Putin on Monday to ensure all investigations into election violations detected in Russia last month were completed, and the Kremlin leader promised to do so.
Merkel deems migrant deal good for coalition talks but Greens skeptical
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday an agreement within her conservative bloc on limiting migrants would help forge a new government coalition, but one of the key partners, the Greens, said it would not become policy.
