Authorities in Armenia call on police hostage takers to give up
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Armenia called on gunmen holed up in a police station in the capital Yerevan to lay down their arms on Monday and release four people they were holding hostage.
Nine suspects in Saudi embassy attack appear in Iranian court
DUBAI (Reuters) – Nine people accused of storming Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January appeared in a Tehran court on Monday, Fars news agency reported, a few weeks after President Hassan Rouhani urged the judiciary to take action.
Iran hardliners gain authority in backlash that could sideline Rouhani
ANKARA (Reuters) – A year after Iran’s nuclear deal with the West, hardliners are gaining authority in a backlash against pragmatic President Hasan Rouhani that his allies say could leave him sidelined or push him out of power in an election next year….
Resort town mapped out for Athens airport wasteland
ATHENS (Reuters) – A crumbling former Athens airport complex housing thousands of stranded migrants will be transformed into one of Europe’s biggest coastal resorts if a Greek development company realizes its ambitions.
Uganda’s president opposes arms embargo on South Sudan
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said he was opposed to a U.N. plan to impose an arms embargo on his neighbor South Sudan, saying it would weaken its army just as the country was trying to contain a resurgence of violence.
Wounded fight for life in Nice as killer’s brother tells of pre-attack call
NICE, France/TUNIS (Reuters) – The man who mowed through a crowd with a truck, killing 84 Bastille Day revelers in Nice on Thursday, had phoned home hours earlier and sent a ‘laughing’ picture from the French city, his brother told Reuters.
Britain’s Johnson assures EU of post-Brexit cooperation
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he would assure his EU counterparts on Monday that Britain would continue to cooperate closely with them once it leaves the bloc following last month’s Brexit referendum.
Iran receives the missile part of S-300 defense system from Russia: Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) – Russia has delivered the missile part of S-300 surface-to-air defense system to Iran, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, moving to finish the delivery of all divisions of the system to Tehran by the end of this year.
Migrants fight in Hungarian camp near Serbian border, nine injured: MTI
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – More than 200 migrants were caught up in a brawl in a migrant processing center near Hungary’s border with Serbia on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s national security adviser said, according to state news agency MTI.
Australia’s PM tweaks cabinet slightly after narrow poll win
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday named a new cabinet little changed from that with which he narrowly won July 2 elections, eschewing a major reshuffle in favor of consolidating his shaky position.
