One person killed by rocket fire in Turkey’s Kilis: source
ANKARA (Reuters) – One person was killed and some were wounded when two rockets fired from Islamic State-controlled Syria landed near a school and in a street in the Turkish border town of Kilis on Monday, a security source said.
Prisoners revolt in Syria’s Hama jail, seize guards: Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government troops surrounded Hama prison in the west of the country on Monday and fired tear gas after inmates revolted, seizing several guards, a monitoring group reported.
Turkey says prevented 85 security ‘incidents’ since January
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has prevented 85 would-be “incidents” since January, 49 of which involved live bombs, government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.
Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi’ite pilgrims
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including Shi’ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage inside the capital, police and medical sources said.
Italian marine Salvatore Girone can return home: India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Italian marine Salvatore Girone, one of two sailors under investigation over the killing of two Indian fishermen during an anti-piracy mission in 2012, can return home, the Indian foreign ministry said on Monday.
Eleven Kurdish militants killed in southeast Turkey: military
ANKARA (Reuters) – Eleven Kurdish militants were killed in operations in two southeastern Turkish provinces, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday, while a fresh curfew was declared in another southeastern province.
ECB has not sought access to Panama Papers
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has not sought access to the Panama Papers, a massive leak of offshore financial data that became public last month, because tax evasion and money laundering are not part of its mandate, the ECB’s chief s…
Egyptian police raid press syndicate, arrest two journalists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police raided the press syndicate in Cairo late on Sunday and arrested two journalists critical of the government, a syndicate official and reporters said in what the labor union called an unprecedented crackdown on the media…
Nearly 90,000 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in EU in 2015
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Some 88,300 unaccompanied minors sought asylum in the European Union in 2015, 13 percent of them children younger than 14, crossing continents without their parents to seek a place of safety, EU data showed on Monday.
Hague court says India should release Italian sailor: Italy
ROME (Reuters) – A U.N. arbitration court has ruled that India should release an Italian marine who has been detained in Delhi for more than four years, and allow him to return home, the Italian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
