Civilian casualties increase as Afghan troops battle Taliban: U.N.
KABUL (Reuters) – Civilians are being killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the United Nations reported on Monday, just days after one of the deadliest attacks ever in Kabul.
Five Saudi border guards killed in clashes in south: TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – Five Saudi border guards were killed on Monday in clashes with armed groups seeking to enter from Yemen, state television al-Ekhbariya reported, citing the Saudi interior ministry.
Italy party head under fire for likening Chamber speaker to sex doll
ROME (Reuters) – The outspoken leader of Italy’s anti-immigrant Northern League party drew a chorus of criticism on Monday for comparing the woman speaker of the lower house of parliament to an inflatable sex doll.
U.N. aid chief urges Security Council to push Aleppo aid access
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations aid chief asked the Security Council on Monday to push for a weekly 48-hour humanitarian pause in fighting to allow food and other aid to be delivered to eastern areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Russia denies its aircraft violated Bulgarian airspace
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Monday rejected allegations by Bulgaria that its aircraft had been involved in violations of Bulgarian airspace, Russian news agencies reported.
Bavarian bomber pledged allegiance to Islamic State: minister
ANSBACH, Germany (Reuters) – The Syrian who blew himself up in southern Germany, wounding 15 people, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State on a video found on his mobile phone, the Bavarian Interior Minister said on Monday.
Venezuelan schoolchildren express hunger in drawings
CARACAS (Reuters) – When children at a Catholic-run school in a poor neighborhood of Venezuela’s Caracas capital began fainting from hunger, teachers asked them to draw or describe their most recent meals and what they expected to eat next.
Milan metro reopens after suspect package false alarm
MILAN (Reuters) – The underground metro service at Milan’s central station resumed on Monday after checks showed that a suspect package was a false alarm, the local transport authority said.
Cold War ghosts haunt Latvia amid renewed NATO-Russia tensions
RIGA (Reuters) – Hidden in the forests of Aluksne, near Latvia’s north-eastern border with Russia, the remains of a former Soviet nuclear missile base are a magnet for tourists now rather than a top-secret site manned by soldiers.
Regional armies struggle in last push against Boko Haram
DIFFA, Niger (Reuters) – “You’ll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished,” Niger’s Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats.
