Mexico calls actress at center of ‘El Chapo’ interview to testify
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican actress Kate del Castillo, who helped Hollywood star Sean Penn conduct an interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been called to give testimony about the kingpin, an official said on Monday.
Lebanon’s Geagea declares support for rival Aoun as president
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Christian politician Samir Geagea backed his rival Michel Aoun for the presidency on Monday, in an apparent break with his Saudi-backed allies that aligns him with a civil war era enemy supported by Hezbollah.
Slovenia’s PM rejects resignation of finance minister Mramor
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia’s Prime Minister Miro Cerar refused to accept the resignation offered by Finance Minister Dusan Mramor earlier on Monday and praised the minister’s achievements in fiscal consolidation.
U.S. prisoners leave Iran, arrive in Germany, as Obama hails win for diplomacy
WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) – Three Iranian-Americans arrived in Germany after leaving Tehran on Sunday in a prisoner swap that followed the lifting of most international sanctions on Iran under a deal U.S. President Barack Obama said cut off Tehran’s …
Israel says Islamic State could attack it and Jordan after Syria setbacks
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Islamic State’s battleground setbacks in Syria have increased the chance of an attack by the insurgents or their allies on Israel and Jordan, Israel’s military chief said on Monday.
Germany seeks to limit migration from North Africa
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to limit migration from North Africa by declaring Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia ‘safe countries’, officials from the ruling coalition said on Monday, cutting their citizens’ chance of being granted asylum to virtually ze…
Nine Afghan police killed in insider attack, officials say
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police are looking for rogue policemen who are accused of shooting dead nine colleagues in a so-called insider attack and then stealing their weapons before fleeing to join the Taliban, local officials said on M…
EU wants stricter controls over U.S. snooping powers in data pact talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union wants guarantees of effective limits on U.S. authorities’ power to request people’s personal information from companies to conclude a new EU-U.S. data transfer pact, a top EU official said on Monday, as a deadlin…
Missing Hong Kong bookseller in China to answer 2004 conviction: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Swedish bookseller whose mysterious disappearance sparked fears he may have been abducted by Chinese agents said he had voluntarily turned himself in to the authorities over a fatal drink-driving offense more than a decade ago.
Avalanche in French Alps kills five military, two others injured
LYON (Reuters) – An avalanche killed at least five military personnel and seriously injured two other servicemen on Monday while they were skiing in the French Alps, local authorities said.
