Canada to expel Venezuelan diplomat in retaliatory move
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada will expel a Venezuelan diplomat and also bar the country’s ambassador from returning, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday, two days after Venezuela booted out Canada’s envoy for criticizing its rights record.
Red Cross rebukes Israel after lawmaker confronts prisoners’ families on bus
GAZA (Reuters) – The Red Cross said on Monday Israel has a duty to guarantee the safety and dignity of Palestinian families visiting prisoners, after a right-wing lawmaker was filmed shouting abuse aboard a bus taking relatives to a family visit in an …
Putin critic Navalny barred from Russian presidential election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was barred on Monday from running in next year’s presidential election after officials ruled he was ineligible to take part due to a suspended prison sentence he says was trumped up.
Israel orders deportation of two Turks after Jerusalem arrests
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has ordered the deportation of two of three Turks who were briefly arrested during Palestinian demonstrations last week after U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Interior Ministry said …
Topless Femen activist tries to snatch Jesus statue from Vatican crib
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A topless activist from the feminist group Femen tried to snatch the statue of the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square on Monday but was stopped by police as she grabbed it.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan pledge to improve ties in wake of trade war
ALMATY (Reuters) – The leaders of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan pledged on Monday to improve relations, after ties between the two former Soviet republics degenerated into a trade war under the previous Kyrgyz leadership.
Iran confirms upholding death sentence for academic over spying
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Sweden-based Iranian academic convicted of spying for Israel, the Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying on Monday, confirming reports by Amnesty International and his family….
Bus drives into pedestrian underpass in Moscow, kills four: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A passenger bus swerved off course and drove into a busy pedestrian underpass in Moscow on Monday, killing at least four people, Russian news agencies reported.
Bahraini military court convicts six to death on terror charges
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini military court sentenced six Shi’ite Muslim men to death and revoked their citizenship after they were convicted on charges of forming a terrorist cell and plotting to assassinate a military official, Bahrain news agency BN…
Pakistan allows wife, mother to visit Indian man sentenced to death
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan allowed the wife and mother of an Indian man convicted of spying to visit him on Monday in Islamabad, eight months after he was sentenced to death by a military court.
