Saudi anti-graft detainees will get due process: Saudi U.N. envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi royal family members, officials and businessmen arrested in an anti-corruption crackdown this month will be granted due process, Saudi Arabia’s U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia to host “expanded” Syrian opposition conference
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will host what it called an “expanded” conference for the Syrian opposition this month, aiming to unify its position ahead of United Nations-backed peace talks, the state news agency SPA reported on Monday.
Nigeria’s Buhari to visit heartland of Biafra secessionists
ABUJA (Reuters) – President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit southeast Nigeria this week, his spokesman said on Monday, his first trip since taking office to a region formerly known as Biafra.
Lebanon’s Hariri shackled by bigger outside forces
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Nothing so encapsulated the political shackles in which Saad al-Hariri has operated as Lebanon’s prime minister as the way he resigned in a televised statement made from Saudi Arabia.
At U.N., North Korea says U.S. to blame for ‘worst ever situation’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea complained to the United Nations on Monday about joint military exercises by the United State and South Korea, describing it as “the worst ever situation” because U.S. nuclear war equipment had been deployed ready…
Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to …
London authorities failing people displaced by deadly fire: lawmaker
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people displaced by a fire that killed about 80 people in London in June are still living in hotels or friends’ houses because of a failure by local authorities to rehouse them, the lawmaker representing the area said on …
Spain sees Russian interference in Catalonia separatist vote
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Madrid believes Russian-based groups used online social media to heavily promote Catalonia’s independence referendum last month in an attempt to destabilize Spain, Spanish ministers said on Monday.
Britain considers diplomatic protection for jailed aid worker in Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is considering granting diplomatic protection to a jailed aid worker in Iran as part of an effort to secure her release from a jail in the Islamic Republic.
German police hunt former RAF guerrillas for suspected robbery
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Monday published videos showing three former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group taking part in a 2016 armed robbery in northern Germany, and called for public help to track them down.
