Confiscated South African abalone stolen at gunpoint
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Poached abalone confiscated by South African police has been stolen by gunmen in a raid on a state facility where illicit hoards of the marine delicacy were stored, a government ministry said on Monday.
October’s migrant, refugee flow to Europe roughly matched whole of 2014
GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of migrants and refugees entering Europe by sea last month was roughly the same as that for the whole of 2014, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Monday.
Vatican arrests cleric, laywoman suspected of leaking secret documents
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two members of a commission Pope Francis set up to study reforms, including a high-ranking Holy See official, have been arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents, the Vatican said on Monday.
German attitudes towards migrants are a matter of generation
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – On Monday evenings, 25-year-old Nico Rangel regularly joins a protest against the anti-Islam movement PEGIDA in the eastern German city of Dresden. A few blocks away, his mother usually turns out to support PEGIDA.
Fourteen humanitarian workers kidnapped in eastern Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Fourteen humanitarian workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a spate of hostage-takings in the region, the United Nations and local activists said on Monday.
Kyrgyz PM secures support of new parliament coalition
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Four parties jointly holding a majority in Kyrgyzstan’s parliament agreed on Monday to establish a coalition and back incumbent Prime Minister Temir Sariyev, a move widely expected after the parties’ success in the elections last mo…
A howler? Israeli minister proposes deporting strays
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Claws were out on Monday after an Israeli cabinet minister proposed sending stray dogs and cats to another country as an alternative to government-funded efforts to sterilize them.
Romanian club owners face manslaughter probe over fire, death toll at 31
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian prosecutors opened a criminal manslaughter investigation on Monday against the three owners of the Bucharest nightclub where a fire killed 31 people and injured nearly 200 during a weekend rock concert.
Nepali police kill Indian protester at border blockade
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot and killed an Indian citizen at a border checkpoint on Monday as they tried to clear protesters whose blockade has strangled Nepal’s fuel supplies and badly damaged relations between the neighbors.
Congo grants exit visas to adopted children after two-year wait
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo will allow 69 children to leave for adoption by foreign parents, the first to be granted exit visas since the government imposed a moratorium two years ago, the interior ministry said on Monday.
