Shackled remains at ancient Greek site tell tale of intrigue
ATHENS (Reuters) – At least 80 skeletons lie in a mass grave in an ancient Greek cemetery, their wrists clamped by iron shackles.
Four killed in Saudi Arabia in cross-border shelling from Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Four people were killed and three wounded in Saudi Arabia when a shell fired from inside Yemen exploded in a town close to the border, Saudi civil defense said on Monday.
Dutch police detain man on highway near Amsterdam airport: media
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police, who have been conducting vehicle searches near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport since last week, stopped a bus on a major highway on Monday and detained a man, local TV channel RTV reported.
Philippines’ Duterte says nation can survive without mining companies
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned mining companies to strictly follow tighter environmental rules or shut down, saying the Southeast Asian nation could survive without a mining industry.
Pope says it’s wrong to identify Islam with violence
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that it was wrong to identify Islam with violence and that social injustice and idolatry of money were among the prime causes of terrorism.
Head of Australian prison abuse inquiry quits, replaced by aboriginal leader
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of an Australian inquiry into the abuse of children in detention resigned on Monday, four days after being appointed to investigate prison video of aboriginal boys being abused, citing his lack of support from the country’s …
Americans want politics-free Rio Games: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Reuters) – Most Americans want Olympic athletes to keep their political views to themselves in Rio de Janeiro, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, despite one of the most intense political build-ups to the Games in recent decades.
Tokyo elects first woman governor as it prepares for its Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city’s preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games.
China praises Afghanistan for fight against Chinese separatist group
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defense minister met the head of Afghanistan’s army, thanking him for Kabul’s support in fighting what Beijing says is an extremist group that seeks to split off its western region of Xinjiang.
Brazil police free mother-in-law of Formula One empresario
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian law enforcement agents stormed a hideout near Sao Paulo on Sunday and freed the kidnapped mother-in-law of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, police said.
