North Korea overcomes poverty, sanctions with cut-price nukes
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has developed a nuclear weapons program despite poverty and international sanctions, using home-grown technology and virtually free labor to cut costs, experts said.
Pope says Europe can rise to challenge of integrating migrants
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The migrant crisis engulfing Europe poses a big challenge to Europe’s values and traditions but the continent should be able to integrate the newcomers without undermining the safety of its citizens, Pope Francis said on Monday…
Saudi-led air strike targets Yemen hospital: Saba news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) – A hospital in central Yemen was hit by a Saudi-led coalition air strike on Monday, the state news agency said, a day after aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) reported that a “projectile” had killed four people in one of its clin…
Italy evacuates 15 Libyans wounded in bomb attack
ROME (Reuters) – Italy evacuated 15 Libyans on Monday for medical treatment after they were wounded in last week’s truck bomb attack against a police training center, the Italian government said.
Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs: activists
DUBAI (Reuters) – Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an apparent reprisal for the execution of a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric earlier this month.
Spain’s Princess Cristina stands trial on tax fraud charges
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain’s Princess Cristina appeared in court on Monday on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her husband’s business affairs finally went t…
Effort to revive Afghanistan peace talks begins in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States held talks on Monday to resurrect a stalled Afghan peace process and end nearly 15 years of bloodshed, even as fighting with Taliban insurgents intensifies.
U.S. may send more strategic weapons to Korean peninsula: South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States and its ally South Korea were discussing on Monday sending more strategic U.S. weapons to the Korean peninsula, a day after a U.S. B-52 bomber flew over South Korea in response to North Korea’s nuclear test last week…
As Anglicans meet, spiritual leader says schism would be failure
LONDON (Reuters) – A schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexual rights and women clerics would be a failure but not a disaster, the spiritual head of Anglicans said on Monday at the start of a high-stakes meeting between conservative an…
Mortar attack on Afghan school kills three, wounds eight
KABUL (Reuters) – A mortar bomb hit a secondary school in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Monday, killing at least three pupils and wounding eight, the education ministry said in a statement.
