South Korea tells U.N. that North Korea GPS jamming threatens boats, planes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea has been jamming GPS signals in South Korea since March 31, threatening the safety of civilian aircraft and vessels and violating international agreements, Seoul told the United Nations Security Council in a lette…
Boko Haram violence, climate change drive hunger in north Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Harvesting a crop in Cameroon’s Far North Region is becoming an increasingly uncertain proposition.
Bus bombings kill at least 14 in Afghanistan: officials
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 12 army recruits on a bus in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, hours after a similar attack killed two people in the capital Kabul.
Spain’s industry minister denies links to Panama Papers firm
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s industry minister, Jose Manuel Soria, on Monday denied his involvement in an offshore company revealed by the Panama Papers, after two Spanish news outlets said they had documents proving he headed the offshore firm with his …
Top finance job still unclear in new Ukraine government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s likely new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Monday that coalition members were assembling a reform-minded cabinet to root out corruption and cronyism, but it was not yet settled who would take the crucial post of fin…
Afghan opposition groups angry at Kerry comments on deadline
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan opposition politicians reacted with anger to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s weekend declaration that the 2014 deal setting up President Ashraf Ghani’s national unity government would allow it to serve a full five-year ter…
Elections watchdog seeks to clarify Brexit vote spending rules for businesses
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s electoral watchdog has issued fresh guidance for businesses on how to ensure they do not fall foul of campaign spending rules in the run-up to a June 23 referendum on membership of the European Union.
Mogadishu car bomb kills five at local government HQ
MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – A car bomb at local government headquarters in Mogadishu killed five people and wounded five, an official said, in an attack claimed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.
Four Iran army special forces troops killed in Syria: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Four soldiers in Iran’s regular army were killed in Syria, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, only a week after Tehran announced the deployment of army commandos to help President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war there.
Sudan’s Darfur votes on political future, rebels cry foul
El FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) – Darfuris began voting on Monday in a referendum on whether to reunite the states of their arid western region into one entity, a poll that Sudan says will settle a contentious issue at the heart of the long-running conflict…
