Many Turkish diplomats, soldiers seeking asylum in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – At least 262 Turkish diplomats and army personnel have applied for asylum in Germany since a failed July coup that Turkey blames on supporters of a U.S.-based cleric, a spokeswoman for the German Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Poland accuses Russian air traffic controllers over Smolensk plane crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors said on Monday they would press charges against two Russian air traffic controllers of deliberately contributing to a 2010 plane crash that killed Poland’s president and 95 other people.
France’s Fillon says would launch probe into Hollande if elected
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential candidate Francois Fillon, an outsider to win after involvement in financial scandal, said on Monday he would order a parliamentary inquiry into allegations President Francois Hollande interfered in the justice sys…
Death around corner for civilians living on Mosul’s frontline
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses, pensioner Abdelraziq Abdelkarim enjoys the afternoon sun outside his house in Mosul after a day of rain. He does not flinch when a mortar opens fire just around the corner.
Egypt lawyer appeals court ruling backing islands transfer to Saudi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian human rights lawyer said on Monday he had launched an appeal against a court ruling which backed Cairo’s proposed transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
Lithuania says Russia has ability to launch Baltic attack in 24 hours
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Russia has developed the capability to launch an attack on the Baltic states with as little as 24 hours’ notice, limiting NATO’s options to respond other than to have military forces already deployed in the region, Lithuania’s intel…
Philippines’ Duterte says he would kill drug dealers to protect children
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told school children on Monday he would not hesitate to kill to protect them from the scourge of drugs and encouraged them to enlist in the army to defend the country from its enemies.
‘Biggest insurgent attack in years’ in Thai south wounds 12 police
YALA, Thailand (Reuters) – Insurgents fired hundreds of shots into a police booth in restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand on Monday, wounding 12 officers in what police called the biggest such attack in years.
Pirates hijack Indian vessel off coast of Somalia
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial vessel off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years without such seizures, industry and security sources said on Monday.
Gibraltar says EU boss like ‘cuckolded husband,’ Spain bullying
LONDON (Reuters) – Gibraltar’s leader on Monday cast EU Council President Donald Tusk as a “cuckolded husband taking it out on the kids” for explicitly proposing that Spain be given a veto over the ties between the British enclave and the European Unio…
