Rio de Janeiro police arrest two men in gang-rape case
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday they are certain a 16-year-old girl was gang raped earlier this month, but added that it will be hard to prove her allegation that she was assaulted by more than 30 men.
Japan puts military on alert for possible North Korea missile launch
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan put its military on alert on Monday for a possible North Korean ballistic missile firing, while South Korea also said it had detected evidence of launch preparations, officials from Japan and South Korea said.
Drowned baby picture captures week of tragedy in Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) – A photograph of a drowned migrant baby in the arms of a German rescuer was distributed on Monday by a humanitarian organization aiming to persuade European authorities to ensure safe passage to migrants, after hundreds are feared to ha…
In Egyptian village, attack on Christian grandmother fuels anger
ALKARM, Egypt (Reuters) – Soad Thabet’s house no longer has a door. Inside, its walls are blackened with soot and a television lies shattered on the floor. The remains of a red nightgown stand out among the ashes.
Six killed, many injured, by roadside bombs in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Roadside bombs killed at least six people in two separate attacks on security forces in Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast on Monday, security sources said, adding to the violence that has flared across the region in the …
Sunni hawk wins Lebanon vote, risking new tensions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A hawkish Lebanese Sunni politician has won local elections in the second largest city of Tripoli in a result that marks a blow to long-established Sunni leaders and risks reviving tensions among rival sectarian groups there.
Egypt journalist union chiefs charged with harboring wanted colleagues
CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s journalists’ union and two of its board members were in police detention on Monday on charges of harboring colleagues wanted by the law and spreading lies, their lawyer and a fellow union official said.
Nigeria’s Buhari to visit Niger Delta for first time this week
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday visit the Niger Delta region, rocked by attacks on oil and gas facilities, for the first time since taking office a year ago, a government official said on Monday.
Four people killed in flooding and storms in southwestern Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Three people have been killed in floods in the southwestern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg and a young girl was killed by a train as she took shelter from the rain under a railway bridge.
No Muslim family should engage in birth control: Turkey’s Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – No Muslim family should engage in birth control or family planning, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, calling again on pious Muslims to have more children.
