Syrian rebels say they receive more weapons for Aleppo battle
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states opposed to President Bashar al-Assad since the start of a major government off…
Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray
BERKASOVO, Serbia/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants on Monday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, rain-drenched borders where te…
Eritrean mistaken for gunman killed in Israeli bus station attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Eritrean migrant, shot by a security guard and kicked by an angry Israeli crowd that mistook him for a gunman, was identified on Monday as one of the dead from an attack on a bus station in the southern city of Beersheba.
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara to push for new constitution if re-elected
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday he would push for constitutional reform if he wins re-election this week to scrap a nationality clause that helped drag his West African nation into a decade-long crisis.
Libya’s recognised parliament rejects U.N. proposal for unity government
RABAT (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognised parliament decided on Monday to reject a United Nations proposal for a unity government, lawmakers said, in a blow to efforts to end a political crisis.
Bus blast kills 11 in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb killed at least 11 people on Monday on a crowded bus in Pakistan’s western city of Quetta, capital of a province racked by years of separatist violence.
9/11 suspect seeks to represent himself in Guantanamo hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A pre-trial hearing for five Guantanamo Bay 9/11 suspects stalled on Monday when one of them asked how to represent himself in the death penalty case.
U.N. envoy urges Yemen parties to make peace talks in Geneva a success
DUBAI (Reuters) – Talks to end months of fighting in Yemen will convene in Geneva at the end of October under the sponsorship of the United Nations, the U.N. special envoy for the issue has announced, urging the parties to try to make the negotiations …
U.N. condemns Iran’s execution of minors, notes ‘worrying trend’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned Iran’s execution of two minors last week, while voicing his concern about the rise in executions in the Islamic republic.
Drone crashes in Yemeni province of Marib, witnesses, local official say
DUBAI (Reuters) – An unmanned drone crashed in the Wadi Abida area of Marib, a province of Yemen, on Monday, witnesses and a local official said. The drone’s origins were not immediately clear.
