Prisoners escape main jail in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – All the prisoners escaped from the main jail in the capital of Central African Republic on Monday, a senior security source said, in a city where at least 30 people have been killed in three days of violence.
Iran raise its haj death toll to 226, 246 still missing
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran raised the death toll of its nationals at the disaster at the haj in Saudi Arabia to 226 on Monday from 169 and said President Hassan Rouhani was cutting short his visit to the U.N. General Assembly in New York to attend their fu…
Vote strengthens Catalonia’s hand in talks for more powers
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Europe is not about to get a new nation after secessionists won a majority in the parliament of Spain’s Catalonia region but the Madrid government may be forced into concessions on tax and infrastructure.
Russia says hopes for deal on east Ukraine elections soon
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes an agreement can be reached in the coming days on holding regional elections in rebel-held east Ukraine, Moscow’s envoy to the OSCE watchdog said on Monday, according to a transcript of his speech on the foreign ministry…
Ivory Coast opposition calls for new electoral commission
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s opposition leaders rallied at the state television station and electoral commission on Monday to call for a new electoral body to replace one they said is biased in favor of President Alassane Ouattara’s government.
Residents report 27 die in Yemen strike, coalition denies
SANAA (Reuters) – A local official and residents said at least 27 people, mostly women or children, were killed on Monday in an air strike on a wedding party in southwest Yemen, but a Saudi-led coalition that has air supremacy over the country strongly…
Colombia rebel leaders’ political participation undecided after deal
BOGOTA (Reuters) – It remains undecided whether leaders of Colombia’s Marxist FARC guerrillas sentenced for human rights violations under the country’s new justice accord with the rebels would be allowed to someday enter politics, the head of Bogota’s …
Pakistani pilgrim saved wheelchair-bound wife from haj stampede
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani teacher has described how he saved his wife from a deadly stampede in Saudi Arabia by pulling her from her wheelchair as fellow haj pilgrims were trampled to death around them.
Germany jails Rwandan for Congo war crimes
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court jailed the former political leader of a Rwandan rebel group on Monday for abetting war crimes committed in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from his European exile.
Victorious Catalan separatists claim mandate to break with Spain
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Separatists on Sunday won a clear majority of seats in Catalonia’s parliament in an election that sets the region on a collision course with Spain’s central government over independence.
