Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills two guards for human rights group
KABUL (Reuters) – Two security guards working for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission were killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday when a roadside bomb blew up as their vehicle passed, a police official said.
Ukraine-Russia flight ban seen lasting for some time
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine are unlikely to restart any time soon, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, after links were severed in a tit-for-tat row over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Rajoy says he will step down as Spanish PM if his party doesn’t top December poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday he would not seek to stay on as prime minister if his People’s Party (PP) wasn’t the most popular in the general election in December.
Poland’s lurch to the right stirs anxiety in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Poland’s lurch to the nationalist right in the first election to be influenced by Europe’s refugee crisis is sending shudders of anxiety through the European Union leadership in Brussels, where officials expect a prickly relationsh…
No light at end of tunnel for Lebanon’s power crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Four decades ago, Lebanon used to export power to its larger neighbor Syria. Now it barely generates enough electricity to keep street lamps on at night.
Suicide bomber kills two militiamen in Yemen’s Aden: security source
ADEN (Reuters) – A suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber killed two militiamen on Monday at a checkpoint in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, already beset by violence, a security source said.
Outright majority for Polish eurosceptics hangs in balance
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s eurosceptic Law and Justice party (PiS) crushed the pro-EU ruling party in Sunday’s parliamentary election, but it will have to wait for the final vote tallies to discover whether it can rule alone or will need a formal coal…
Pope condemns xenophobia against gypsies but says they must obey laws
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis condemned xenophobia and discrimination against Europe’s gypsies on Monday but said they also must do their part by respecting the law and sending their children to school.
Indonesia arrests India’s most wanted criminal after 20 years on the run
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indonesian police have arrested one of India’s most wanted gangsters, sought in more than two dozen murder cases, on the resort island of Bali, Indian federal police said on Monday, ending a two-decade-long international manhunt.
Conde faces battle to revive Guinea economy after reelection
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinean President Alpha Conde’s emphatic reelection appears to have subdued a combative opposition but a lingering Ebola outbreak and a slump in metals prices are dogging his plan to revive the West African state’s economy.
