Venezuela denies pressuring prosecutor in opposition leader’s trial
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Monday denied her office had put pressure on officials to use false evidence in the trial of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, days after a prosecutor in the case fled abroad and called the trial a “f…
Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials sai…
Turkish government hires UK law firm to probe cleric’s global network
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Turkish government has hired an international law firm to investigate the worldwide activities of U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen’s Hizmet (Service) Movement, President Tayyip Erdogan’s ally-turned-arch rival.
Bomb attack on Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad kills seven: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomb claimed by Islamic State killed at least seven people, including two police, when it exploded on Monday near a Shi’ite Muslim procession in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, police and medical sources said.
Slovenia to use private security firms to help with migrant flows
LJUBLJANA/RIGONCE, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenia plans to call in private security firms to help manage the flow of thousands of migrants passing through the country toward northern Europe, a senior official said on Monday.
Russian food trade officials seek EU help on fraud
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Senior Russian customs officials met counterparts from the European Commission on Monday in what they said were the highest-level talks for over a year on issues where relations are soured by trade sanctions.
Iran appears more willing to talk human rights: U.N. investigator
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran could be on track to execute more than 1,000 people this year, even as it seems more willing to engage with the United Nations on human rights after a nuclear deal with world powers, a U.N. investigator said on Monday.
Airline industry seeks better information on conflict zones
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The aviation industry is still struggling to gain better access to information on conflict zones, more than a year after the downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine last year.
Anti-corruption unit’s shadow looms over Guatemala’s next leader
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Until a U.N.-backed body began exposing corruption at the heart of Guatemala’s government, Jimmy Morales was nowhere in the race to become president.
Observers give Ivorian vote thumbs-up in boost to Ouattara
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Observers gave Ivory Coast’s weekend presidential ballot a clean bill of health on Monday, despite complaints from opposition candidates, in a boost to President Alassane Ouattara who is widely expected to be re-elected.
