Kenyan president fails to show up for election debate
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Monday fielded questions alone on stage after his rival, President Uhuru Kenyatta, failed to show up for a debate between the two.
Italian state plan for Colosseum gets thumbs-up after court fight
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s top administrative court awarded victory to the government in a dispute over the management of the Colosseum amphitheatre on Monday, rejecting objections from Rome’s anti-establishment mayor.
U.N. warns of escalation if no Jerusalem mosque solution by Friday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that a solution was needed by Friday to the Jerusalem mosque crisis, which he said threatens to have “potential catastrophic costs well beyond the walls of t…
France’s Macron confirms aid targets in meeting with U2’s Bono
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has told U2 frontman Bono that France will respect its commitment to boost development aid, Bono told reporters after meeting Macron in Paris.
Polish president halts justice reforms after days of protests
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda unexpectedly announced on Monday he would veto two of three judicial reform bills passed by parliament that have triggered nationwide protests and raised EU and U.S. concerns about a politicization of th…
Trump aide Greenblatt heading to Jordan for talks after Israel visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt, is heading to Jordan for talks about the Mideast peace process after meetings in Israel, a senior administration official said on Monday.
Rights group calls for probe into Libyan forces after execution video shown
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libya officials should investigate and dismiss forces involved in atrocities, a human rights group said on Monday, after a video appeared on social media purportedly showing a military unit executing 20 suspected militants.
Turkey’s Erdogan ends tour with no sign of Qatar progress
DOHA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan left Qatar on Monday after two days in the Gulf trying to mediate in the worst row among Arab states for years but there was no sign he had made any progress.
Russia ready to help mediate in Qatar row if asked: Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to help mediate in the dispute between Qatar and Arab states if approached, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview released on Monday.
Thailand freezes former PM Yingluck’s bank accounts in rice subsidy case
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s justice ministry froze some of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts, the ministry and her legal team said on Monday, in relation to a $1 billion fine imposed by the ruling junta over her administratio…
