Venezuela opposition submits 1.85 million signatures in recall effort
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said it delivered 1.85 million signatures to the country’s elections authority on Monday as part of the process of seeking a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
Kerry aims to extend truce to Syria’s Aleppo as ceasefire unravels
AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) – Washington and Moscow said on Monday they were working hard to extend a truce in Syria to Aleppo, the divided northern city where a sharp escalation of violence in recent weeks has left a ceasefire in tatters and torpedoed peac…
Israel to reopen second crossing for trucks into Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel plans to reopen a second border point for commercial traffic into the Gaza Strip, an official said on Monday, a step in gradually easing the blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave since 2007.
Saudi minister confirms warning on proposed U.S. law on 9/11
GENEVA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has warned the United States that a proposed U.S. law that could hold the kingdom responsible for any role in the Sept 11, 2001, attacks would erode global investor confidence in America, its foreign minister said on Mon…
Pakistan raps Trump over vow to free doctor who helped track bin Laden
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan angrily criticized Donald Trump, frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, for saying he would force the country to free a jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaada leader Os…
One person killed by rocket fire in Turkey’s Kilis: source
ANKARA (Reuters) – One person was killed and some were wounded when two rockets fired from Islamic State-controlled Syria landed near a school and in a street in the Turkish border town of Kilis on Monday, a security source said.
Prisoners revolt in Syria’s Hama jail, seize guards: Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government troops surrounded Hama prison in the west of the country on Monday and fired tear gas after inmates revolted, seizing several guards, a monitoring group reported.
Turkey says prevented 85 security ‘incidents’ since January
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has prevented 85 would-be “incidents” since January, 49 of which involved live bombs, government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday.
Bombs in Baghdad kill 14, including some Shi’ite pilgrims
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three bombs went off in and around Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, including Shi’ite Muslim worshippers conducting an annual pilgrimage inside the capital, police and medical sources said.
Italian marine Salvatore Girone can return home: India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Italian marine Salvatore Girone, one of two sailors under investigation over the killing of two Indian fishermen during an anti-piracy mission in 2012, can return home, the Indian foreign ministry said on Monday.
