Czechs to send guns, ammunition to Iraq and Jordan to fight Islamic State
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government voted on Monday to send guns and ammunition to Iraq and Jordan to support the fight against Islamic State, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said.
Spain’s lack of government could hurt reforms, sentiment: EU Commission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is likely to warn next month that if problems with forming a government in Spain were to continue, they could stall reforms and hurt economic sentiment, a draft report showed.
Kerry hopes for clarity on Syria talks within 24 to 48 hrs
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he hoped for “clarity” within 24 to 48 hours on Syrian peace talks that were supposed to have started in Geneva on Monday, and that it was better to delay a few days than to have them crumbl…
Greece threatened with expulsion from Schengen over migration crisis
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – European Union interior ministers on Monday urged Greece to do more to control the influx of migrants, some threatening to exclude it from the continent’s prized passport-free travel zone as the crisis increasingly divides the blo…
Two Chinese killed in ‘bomb’ blast in Laos: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Two Chinese nationals were killed and one wounded in a suspected bomb blast in Laos, Chinese state media said on Monday, the latest incident in which Chinese citizens have been killed abroad as the country’s economic footprint grows…
Tunisia police protest over pay in new test for government
CARTHAGE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Several thousand Tunisian police marched in protest to the presidential palace on Monday to demand more pay in the latest pressure on Prime Minister Habib Essid’s government after a week of riots over joblessness.
India, France sign Rafale fighter plane accord, but talks on price to go on
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India signed an inter-governmental agreement on Monday to buy 36 French-built Rafale fighter planes, but the leaders of both countries said there was still work to do to finalize financial terms after months of talks.
Top Russian MP eyes resumption of flights, tourism with Egypt: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is interested in resuming in full its relations with Egypt in tourism and in civil aviation flights, Russian news agencies quoted Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the Russian lower house of parliament, as saying on Monday.
Former Bangladesh PM to appear in court accused of sedition
DHAKA (Reuters) – Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was ordered on Monday to appear in court to answer the charge of sedition, a move her supporters said was driven by politics.
Pakistan’s powerful army chief says to step down when term ends
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military’s public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms.
