Iran reformists cheer election gains, conservatives play down shift
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani and his allies won big gains in elections that could deepen Iran’s engagement with the world after his government ended years of sanctions by agreeing to curb its nuclear program.
Turkish artillery hit Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday, official says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish artillery hit as many as 10 Islamic State targets inside Syria on Sunday, a military official said on Monday.
Ex-Nigerian minister denies $3 million fraud charges over deadly recruitment stampede
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s former minister of interior pleaded not guilty on Monday to fraud and money laundering charges worth 677 million naira ($3.4 million) relating to a fraudulent recruitment drive that triggered a stampede in which 20 people we…
Ex-teacher faces Timbuktu monument destruction charges at ICC
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A former trainee teacher accused of damaging monuments in the name of Islam in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu will stand before the International Criminal Court on Tuesday for a hearing to decide if he should face a landmark …
Police fire tear gas at supporters of Liberian anti-government activist
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Police fired teargas and threw stones at a crowd gathered near a court in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Monday to demand the release of a political activist charged with sedition, a Reuters witness said.
Swiss may decide their own limits on migrants from EU without Brussels: foreign minister
GENEVA (Reuters) – Switzerland will draw up its own plans for limiting the flow of migrants from the European Union if it can not reach agreement with Brussels on the issue before a February 2017 deadline, the foreign minister said on Monday.
Suicide bomber kills four in Yemen’s Aden city: security source, residents
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed four soldiers on Monday when he rammed a car laden with explosives into a military checkpoint in Aden, residents and a security official said.
Brazil justice minister to resign: presidency source
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardoso plans to resign by Tuesday, a presidency source told Reuters on Monday.
Woman charged with murder after brandishing child’s severed head in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police wrestled to the ground a woman in a hijab brandishing the severed head of a child outside a Moscow metro station on Monday and charged her with murder, in an incident that stirred fears of an Islamist terrorist attack….
U.S. warns citizens to be ready to leave Iraq if Mosul dam collapses
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States warned its citizens to be ready to leave Iraq in the event of what it has said could be a catastrophic collapse of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam near Mosul.
