Germany’s Merkel heckled by right-wingers at campaign rally
GELNHAUSEN, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel was booed and whistled at by supporters of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) at a campaign rally on Monday as she sought to persuade voters to grant her a fourth term in nex…
Israeli billionaire Steinmetz held in custody in fraud probe: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Billionaire Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz and another suspect were remanded in custody for four days on Monday after being arrested in a fraud investigation, a police spokeswoman said.
Italy to return ambassador to Cairo, ending standoff over murdered student
ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Monday it would return its ambassador to Cairo more than a year after the murder of an Italian graduate student led the Rome government to recall its previous envoy.
Kenya post-election deaths raise questions over police brutality
KISUMU/NAIROBI Kenya (Reuters) – Six-month-old Samantha Pendo was sleeping with her mother when police in the city of Kisumu in western Kenya forced the wooden door open a crack, fired in teargas and battered the choking baby and her parents with baton…
Iranian drone comes close to U.S. aircraft carrier: U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iranian drone came within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of a U.S. aircraft carrier while it was in international waters in the Gulf conducting flight operations, a spokesman for the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said on Monday.
Syrian army comes closer to encircling Islamic State in central Syria desert
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies advanced in the central Syrian desert on Monday and could soon encircle an Islamic State pocket, part of a multi-pronged thrust into eastern areas held by the jihadist group.
Venezuela’s Maduro calls for military exercises after Trump threat
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for military exercises after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a possible armed intervention in the country, but Maduro insisted he still wanted to hold talks with the U.S. …
Machine gun attack on U.N. Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu on Monday, officials said, killing seven people, including five Malian security guards, a gendarme and civilian.
Mexico ruling party says rules aimed at stopping rise of left
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rules adopted by Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party to allow it to form coalitions and non-members to run for president were necessary to stop leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from winning office next year, its…
More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.
