Brexit could threaten western political civilization, says EU’s Tusk
BERLIN (Reuters) – If Britons vote to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum it could be the beginning of the end for the 28-nation bloc and for western political civilization more generally, European Council President Donald Tusk said.
‘Feed people, not wars,’ pope says in address to U.N. food agency
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday condemned the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” and lamented the fact that it was easier to move weapons across borders than the aid needed to keep civilians alive.
Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of attacking its territory
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Eritrea’s government has accused Ethiopia of launching an attack on its territory, but the extent of the assault was still unclear and there was no immediate response from Ethiopia.
U.N. rights boss deplores detention of migrants in Europe
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief on Monday decried a “worrying rise” in detentions of migrants in Greece and Italy and urged authorities to find alternatives to confining children while asylum requests are processed.
Syrian activist shot by Islamic State fighters in southeast Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Syrian journalist campaigning against Islamic State has been shot by fighters from the group in southeastern Turkey, a news agency affiliated with the radical Islamists and Syrian activists said on Monday.
Ex-Sarkozy aide says will run in French presidential election
PARIS (Reuters) – A former top aide to Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday he would run against him in the conservative party’s primaries for the 2017 presidential election, further weakening Sarkozy’s own bid.
Filipino nationalists say flag-planting on disputed shoal halted by China
MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard vessels prevented a Philippine nationalist group from planting a Filipino flag on a rocky South China Sea outcrop, the group said on Monday, the latest territorial standoff between the two countries.
Cambodia PM shrugs off EU aid threat, opposition supporters jailed
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday shrugged off European parliament threats to review aid if his administration continues to harass political opponents on the same day as a court jailed three more opposition activists.
Bahrain arrests prominent campaigner Nabeel Rajab: wife
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini police detained Nabeel Rajab, one of the most prominent rights activists in the Arab world, his wife said on Monday on her Twitter account, nearly a year after he was freed from prison by royal pardon.
Pakistan, Afghan soldiers clash at Khyber Pass border: officials
TORKHAM, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani and Afghan soldiers clashed overnight at the main border crossing at the end of the Khyber Pass, officials said on Monday, with at least one killed and several wounded, further straining relations between the mi…
