Canadian man captured by Taliban five years ago freed: Ottawa
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian man whom the Taliban seized in Afghanistan five years ago and accused of being a spy has been released with the aid of Qatar, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said on Monday.
Turkey plans to introduce work permits for Syrian refugees, minister says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey plans to offer Syrian refugees work permits to discourage them from crossing illegally into the EU, Ankara’s minister for European Affairs said on Monday, amid EU pressure to reduce the flow of migrants.
Russia says attacked 1,097 targets in Syria since new year
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian air force jets have since the start of this year flown 311 combat sorties in Syria and attacked 1,097 terrorist targets there, Russian news agencies quoted the Russian defense ministry as saying on Monday.
Migrant shelter made of shipping containers opens in France’s Calais
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – France on Monday opened a migrants’ shelter made of converted shipping containers in Calais on its northern Channel coast to try to bring some order to the so-called “jungle” camp in sand dunes near the port.
Genocide trial for Guatemala ex-dictator Rios Montt suspended
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A retrial of former Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity was suspended again for the court to resolve outstanding legal petitions, a judge said on Monday.
Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes 127 km west of Hokkaido, Japan: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.1 quake struck in the ocean 127 km (79 miles) west of the city of Asahikawa on the Japanese island of Hokkaido early on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesian Moluccas: USGS
LONDON (Reuters) – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck on Monday, around 330 km (205 miles) north-northwest of Indonesia’s Molucca islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Iran seeks to limit diplomatic fall-out from Saudi embassy attacks
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran took steps on Monday to try to limit the diplomatic damage from an attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran by an angry mob, laying blame on a top security official and saying some of those who carried out the attack were being…
Bosnia holds four for intending to join Islamic State, seizes weapons
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police detained five people on suspicion of planning to join Islamic State and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition in raids in the northwest of the country on Monday, police said. One of the five was later released.
Teenager says attack on Jewish teacher was for Islamic State: prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) – A teenager who attacked a Jewish teacher in Marseille on Monday is a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin who said he acted in the name of the militant Islamist group Islamic State, the prosecutor in the southern French city of Marseille…
