Prosecutor seeks 10-year sentence for brother of Paris attacker
PARIS (Reuters) – A French prosecutor on Monday demanded the maximum 10-year jail sentence for the brother of one of the Paris attackers, who is accused of traveling to Syria to train as a militant fighter.
Villagers spared eviction as Tanzania halts $500 million energy project to save wildlife
BAGAMOYO, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a rare victory for landless villagers in Africa, more than 1,500 people have been spared eviction to make way for an energy plant after the Tanzanian government halted the project citing concern for …
North Korea apparently reopened plant to produce plutonium: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, suggesting the country’s arms effort is widening.
Ukraine says detained man planned attacks on Euro soccer championship in France
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting.
Brazil prosecutor links tourism minister to Petrobras probe: report
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s prosecutor general found evidence linking the tourism minister of interim President Michel Temer to the corruption scheme at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Monday.
Ramadan begins, overshadowed by conflict for many in the Middle East
(Reuters) – Muslims around the world began observing Ramadan on Monday, Islam’s holy month during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.
Brexit would make Northern Ireland border controls inevitable: Osborne
BELFAST (Reuters) – Damaging border controls between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic are inevitable if Britain votes to leave the European Union this month, UK Chancellor George Osborne warned voters in the province on Monday.
Briton held in Kenya after woman taking ‘selfies with a gun’ dies: lawyer
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Briton was detained on Monday in connection with a murder investigation into the death of a Kenyan woman who was at his home when a gun she was holding while taking “selfies” went off, his lawyer said.
Russia to Finland: We will respond to NATO Baltics activity
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Finnish counterpart the Kremlin would take unspecified measures to respond to increased NATO activity in the Baltic region, making clear he was vexed by Helsinki’s hosting of alliance d…
Embed quickly turned deadly for NPR team in Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The NPR photojournalist and his Afghan colleague killed in Afghanistan on Sunday died on the first day of an embed with local troops, highlighting the risks for reporters in a country where increasing amounts of ter…
