Islamic State claims suicide bomb that kills nine in central Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed in Baghdad late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by Islamic State near a hospital in a central district, police and hospital sources said.
Gabon opposition leader urges general strike after disputed election
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s opposition leader appealed on Monday for a general strike in response to what he said was a fraudulent re-election of President Ali Bongo, while the justice minister resigned over the government’s failure to organize a re…
Sweden fires board of institution handing out medicine Nobel after scandal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Swedish government has dismissed the board of the Karolinska Institute after an investigation showed it was negligent when hiring surgeon Paolo Macchiarini and letting him operate on patients.
Associates of Russian tycoon Vekselberg held in bribery probe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian law enforcement officers investigating bribery allegations on Monday detained two senior executives who work for billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, one of a dwindling group of tycoons who built their fortunes independently of the…
U.N. human rights chief says Trump, others fanning prejudice
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Monday accused U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of spreading “humiliating racial and religious prejudice” and warned of a rise of populist politics that could turn viole…
Lebanon dialogue suspended as Christian party pulls out
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The speaker of the Lebanese parliament on Monday suspended a national dialogue of rival politicians after one of the main Christian parties walked out, deepening the country’s political crisis.
Afghan asylum seeker’s body removed from Italy quake rubble
ROME (Reuters) – The body of an Afghan asylum seeker living in Amatrice, the town worst hit by last month’s earthquake, was pulled from the rubble of the home where he had been living, Italy’s national fire rescue service said on Monday.
Cuba government filtering mobile text messages, dissidents say
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist government is filtering mobile phone text messages for key words such as “democracy” and “human rights” and then blocking them, dissidents said on Monday.
South Sudan spells out unresolved U.N. protection force issues
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan still needs to agree the number and nationality of United Nations peacekeepers for a protection force, a government minister said on Tuesday, a day after President Salva Kiir approved the deployment in a bid to avoid a U.N….
G20 promises to coordinate on economy, but little in way of concrete steps
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Leaders from the world’s top economies broadly agreed at a summit in China on Monday to coordinate macroeconomic policies, but few concrete proposals emerged to meet growing challenges to globalisation and free trade.
