Jordan arrests suspect after deadly attack at Palestinian camp
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordanian authorities arrested a suspect after an attack on Monday at a Palestinian refugee camp that killed three security officers and two others, state television and an official said.
Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni names new cabinet, gives wife key ministry
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s veteran leader Yoweri Museveni named a new cabinet on Monday that retained his prime minister and ministers in the key energy and finance jobs while giving the education portfolio to his wife.
Exclusive: U.S. wants sanctions on Congo leaders, Europe not so sure
KINSHASA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Concerned over Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s apparent attempts to cling to power, U.S. officials are pushing for sanctions against his inner circle but running into opposition from European powers wary of moving to…
Macedonian president revokes pardons in wiretap scandal
SKOPJE (Reuters) – President Gjorge Ivanov on Monday revoked pardons he had granted to 34 officials implicated in a wire-tapping scandal that has rocked Macedonia, meeting demands from the opposition, the European Union and the United States.
Hospitals supported by charity received 134 casualties in one day: MSF
DUBAI (Reuters) – A rocket attack on a busy market last week in Taiz, Yemen’s third largest city, killed at least 12 civilians and wounded over 122 others, a much higher figure than previously reported, a medical charity said on Monday.
U.N. mulls allowing EU to search boats for illicit arms off Libya
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday proposed expanding a United Nations Security Council mandate for a European naval operation to allow it to crack down on arms smuggling in the high seas off war-torn Libya, though Russia voiced co…
Prosecutor seeks 10-year sentence for brother of Paris attacker
PARIS (Reuters) – A French prosecutor on Monday demanded the maximum 10-year jail sentence for the brother of one of the Paris attackers, who is accused of traveling to Syria to train as a militant fighter.
Villagers spared eviction as Tanzania halts $500 million energy project to save wildlife
BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a rare victory for landless villagers in Africa, more than 1,500 people have been spared eviction to make way for an energy plant after the Tanzanian government halted the project citing concern for …
North Korea apparently reopened plant to produce plutonium: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, suggesting the country’s arms effort is widening.
Ukraine says detained man planned attacks on Euro soccer championship in France
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting.
