Pakistan places alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Monday ordered Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States and India of masterminding the 2008 attacks on the Indian financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people, placed under house arrest, a spokesman for Saeed’s org…
Israel postpones vote on bill legalizing settlement outposts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government postponed a vote in parliament on Monday on a bill retroactively legalizing about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land, a measure the attorney-general has said is unconstitutional.
Syria warns against safe zones set up without its consent
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria said on Monday that any attempt to create so-called safe zones for refugees without coordinating with Damascus would be “unsafe” and violate Syria’s sovereignty, the state news agency SANA reported.
Trump travel ban leaves Iraq’s persecuted Yazidis in limbo
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Khudeeda Naif won refuge in the United States as a member of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, but what he fears more than religious persecution is retribution for his brother’s work as an interpreter for the U.S. army in Iraq.
Indonesia names Islamist leader a suspect for insulting state ideology
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police on Monday named the leader of an Islamist group, the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), as a suspect over allegations that he insulted the secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country….
Mexico says Israel should apologize over Netanyahu wall tweet
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Israel should apologize for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s praise for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the Mexican border, Mexico’s foreign minister said on Monday, calling it an “aggression” against t…
Fillon couple speaking to French financial prosecutors: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) – French election candidate Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope are being questioned by prosecutors as part of an investigation following press allegations that Penelope Fillon was paid for fake jobs, BFM television said on Monday.
U.N. office in Saudi Arabia hit by Yemen rockets: Al-Arabiya TV
RIYADH (Reuters) – Rockets fired by Yemeni rebels into Saudi Arabia on Monday damaged a United Nations office in the kingdom’s southern Asir region, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.
U.S. army seeks to cement Trump’s promise to stick by NATO
ZAGAN, Poland (Reuters) – The United States deployed thousands of soldiers and heavy weaponry to Poland, the Baltic states and southeastern Europe on Monday in its biggest buildup since the Cold War, condemned by Russia as part of an aggressive strateg…
Russian bombers strike Islamic State in Syria: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six long-range Russian bombers launched an air strike against Islamic State positions in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province on Monday, destroying two command points and several arms storehouses, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Ru…
