South African ruling party in crisis talks over Zuma scandal
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party held crisis talks on Monday to discuss the fallout from a court ruling last week that President Jacob Zuma flouted the Constitution, triggering calls for him to resign…
Cambodia passes disputed trade union law as tension flares
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament approved a disputed trade union law on Monday without making changes demanded by labor groups and the opposition, who decried it as too strict and designed to limit workers’ rights.
Iranian commandos deployed to Syria as advisers: officer
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has sent commandos to Syria as advisers, a military official said on Monday, suggesting it is using its army as well as paramilitary forces to help President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in the country’s civil war.
New Commonwealth chief says ‘don’t pit us against EU’ in Brexit debate
LONDON (Reuters) – Campaigners who say Commonwealth ties should replace links with the European Union are offering voters a false choice ahead of Britain’s June 23 EU referendum, Patricia Scotland, the newly appointed Commonwealth Secretary-General, sa…
Gunbattles rock Brazzaville in wake of disputed Congo election
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Gunbattles rocked the capital of the Congo Republic on Monday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election in a disputed poll last month.
Italy Prime Minister Renzi to visit Iran next week
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will visit Iran next week, his office said on Monday, three months after the Iranian president came to Europe to rebuild ties as years of economic sanctions ended.
About 25 killed in suicide attacks, shelling across Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – About 25 people were killed on Monday across Iraq, most of them in suicide attacks targeting members of Shi’ite militias and military forces, security officials said.
At least 55 killed in flash floods in northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan have killed at least 55 people and rescuers were trying on Monday to help thousands of survivors including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley, officials said.
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted two dozen strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said.
Ties between Germany and Russia enter new chill
BERLIN (Reuters) – At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.
