Iranian minister denies recent mid-range ballistic missile test
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s minister of defence denied on Monday that the Revolutionary Guards had recently tested a medium-range ballistic missile but reiterated that Tehran had not stopped bolstering what it insists is a purely defensive arsenal.
Islamic State car bomb in eastern Iraq kills 16, sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb claimed by Islamic State in the eastern Iraqi city of Baquba killed at least 16 people on Monday and wounded 54 others near a bakery close to the city center, police and hospital sources said.
Iraqi forces retake village from Islamic State in slow campaign
ERBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces retook a northern village from Islamic State on Monday, supported by artillery and air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, as they try to close in on the city of Mosul.
Venezuela first lady’s nephews getting help to cover defense costs: U.S
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady facing U.S. charges that they conspired to import cocaine into the United States are getting their defense costs paid for by an unnamed third party, prosecutors said.
Dissent stifled, not crushed, in Turkish ruling party as PM exits
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan may have stamped his authority on the ruling AK Party with the exit of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, but the move has pushed dissent underground rather than cementing unity in its ranks.
Regional powers to hold Libya talks in Vienna, Italian minister says
TUNIS (Reuters) – Talks on providing support for Libya’s new unity government will be held in Vienna next week, Italy’s foreign minister said on Monday.
Al Shabaab car bomb attack kills at least two Somali police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb at Mogadishu’s traffic police headquarters killed at least two officers on Monday, Somali police said, and the country’s al Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility.
Phone tap led police to Belgian IS cell, court hears
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A series of bugged, coded communications over two months led Belgian police to storm a suspected Islamic State cell in the town of Verviers last year, thwarting an alleged plot, a Brussels court heard on Monday.
BBC correspondent expelled from North Korea over reporting
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – North Korea expelled a BBC journalist on Monday over his reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign media members visited the isolated country to cover a rare ruling party congress.
ICM poll says 46 percent of Britons would vote to leave EU
LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union saw its lead grow slightly over the rival “In” campaign, according to a weekly online poll published by opinion poll firm ICM on Monday.
