Brazil’s Temer keeps minister despite allegations: spokesman
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Michel Temer has decided his minister in charge of relations with Congress will continue in his post despite allegations he pressed another cabinet member to allow a luxury building in a historic preservation area, a spok…
U.N. says nearly 1 million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accu…
Iran’s Guards using Trump victory to claw back power
ANKARA (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s victory and the war on Islamic State have given Iran’s hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps what it sees as a unique opportunity to claw back economic and political power it had lost.
Bulgaria charges outgoing health minister over vaccine deal
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian prosecutors charged the outgoing health minister on Monday with mismanagement that led to state losses of more than $400,000 relating to an agreement over the supply of vaccines from neighboring Turkey.
France arrests seven people suspected of planning militant attack
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Monday it had foiled a possible militant attack after detaining seven people, including some who had been in the ranks of Islamic State in Syria.
Hundreds more Myanmar Rohingya flee to Bangladesh: aid workers
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar crossed the border to Bangladesh over the weekend and on Monday, aid workers said, seeking shelter from escalating violence in the northwest that has killed at least 8…
IS claims attack that kills dozens at Shi’ite mosque in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a crowded Shi’ite mosque in Kabul on Monday that killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens in its third major attack on minority Shi’ites in the Afghan capital since Jul…
Somali president seeks mediation amid charges of violence during vote
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali politicians and clan elders have reported violence and irregularities in voting for a new parliament, limited to just 14,000 citizens due to an Islamist insurgency, and the president urged all parties to embrace mediation i…
Indonesia’s police chief: protesters may storm parliament over blasphemy row
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s chief of police warned on Monday that demonstrators may try to storm parliament to protest against the Christian governor of the capital Jakarta, who, they say, insulted the Koran.
Three children killed in blast in east Libya’s Benghazi: hospital official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least three children were killed and 20 people wounded by a car bomb in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, witnesses and a medical official said.
