Hague prosecutors say U.S. forces may have committed war crimes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said on Monday there were preliminary grounds to believe U.S. forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan and at secret detention facilities elsewhere in 2003 and 2004.
U.S. slams proposed Israeli bill on settlements as ‘troubling step’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday described as “troubling” an Israeli bill supported by a ministerial committee allowing settlers in the occupied West Bank to remain in homes built on private Palestinian land and said it hoped the law …
Canada airliner swerves to avoid object near Toronto; two hurt
OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) – A Canadian airliner with 54 passengers on board had to swerve to avoid an unmanned flying object near Toronto early on Monday, slightly injuring two cabin crew, in the most serious case of its kind in Canada, officials said….
Guerrilla group claims responsibility for attack at French embassy in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek left-wing urban guerrilla group on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack with a hand grenade on the French embassy in Athens last week, which wounded one guard.
Russian police find evidence of fraud during parliamentary election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police have said they found evidence of fraud at a polling station where Reuters reporters saw irregularities during a Sept. 18 parliamentary election that was won by a party loyal to the Kremlin.
Austria doesn’t need emergency cap on refugees now: minister
LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Austria does not need to implement an emergency cap on asylum seekers at the moment because the number of refugees entering the country has waned, Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka said on Monday.
Trump poses daunting new challenge for Germany’s Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s victory has been a shock for America’s major partners around the world. But perhaps nowhere has the blow been more painful than in Germany, a country that under Angela Merkel has come to see itself as a bastion of open…
EU criticises Turkey but not ready to halt membership talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers on Monday criticised Turkey’s crackdown on alleged supporters of a failed military coup in July but Austria’s call to suspend Ankara’s EU membership bid failed to garner enough backing.
Shaves at barber’s, corpses in streets as Islamic State retreats in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The only shop to open so far after the army fought its way into the Intisar district of eastern Mosul is Ali Bashar’s barbershop. Inside, men were lining up to shave off the long beards they had been forced to wear under Islamic…
Amid crisis, Venezuelan president turns to music
CARACAS (Reuters) – Struggling to contain an economic crisis and an opposition push to remove him, Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro has launched a radio show devoted to salsa music in an effort to cheer the nation and boost his faltering ima…
