Suicide bomber wounds three in attack on NATO convoy in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a convoy from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan on Monday, wounding at least three civilians, officials said.
Tribal clashes, political void threaten oil installations in Iraq’s south
BASRA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Worsening clashes among tribes and a political void is threatening security at oil installations in Iraq’s main southern oil producing region, officials and security sources said.
Pro-independence from China posters appearing on Hong Kong campuses stoke new tension
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thirteen Hong Kong universities and academic institutions accused the Chinese-ruled city’s leader of undermining freedom of expression amid a row over pro-independence banners appearing on campuses.
China’s big money trumps U.S. influence in Cambodia
(Story corrects to million from billion in paragraph 12 of September 11th version.)
U.N. brands Myanmar violence a ‘textbook’ example of ethnic cleansing
GENEVA/SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday slammed Myanmar for conducting a “cruel military operation” against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, branding it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”…
U.N. nuclear watchdog chief says Iran playing by the rules
VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday Iran was abiding by the rules set out in a nuclear accord it signed with six world powers in 2015, after Washington suggested it was not adhering to the deal.
Norwegians vote in final day of knife-edge election
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegians voted on Monday on the second and final day of a parliamentary election that remains too close to call between Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s center-right bloc and the center-left opposition headed by the Labour Party.
U.N. rights boss sees possible “crimes against humanity” in Venezuela
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said on Monday that Venezuelan security forces may have committed crimes against humanity against protesters and called for an international investigation.
Zimbabwe’s Grace Mugabe says model attacked her with knife
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe, has denied assaulting South African model Gabriella Engels with an electric cable in a Johannesburg hotel suite last month, saying an “intoxicated and unhinged” Engels attacked her with a kn…
Philippines says some rebels ready to surrender as troops advance in Marawi
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Some Islamic State-linked militants besieging the southern Philippines city of Marawi have sent “feelers” they are prepared to surrender after three and a half months of fighting, the military said on Monday.
