Afghan President Ghani confirms to attend talks in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirmed on Monday that he would travel to Pakistan for a regional conference on Afghanistan, in a sign of fresh efforts to reduce tension between the two neighboring countries.
India’s top opposition leader Gandhi ordered to appear in court
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Delhi High Court ordered the torchbearers of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty to appear in court over alleged misuse of party funds, in a new blow for the family that lost power to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year.
‘You ain’t no Muslim, bruv’: Britons defiant over ‘terrorist’ knife attack
LONDON (Reuters) – The stabbing of a man in the London metro in what police described as a terrorist attack provoked a defiant riposte from a bystander that has struck a chord in Britain: “You ain’t no Muslim, bruv”.
French Socialists retreat further to ward off far-right
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Socialist Party on Monday said it would pull its candidates out of a third regional poll, that of eastern France, adding to its efforts to create an electoral “barricade” against the far right, the party’s chief said on Monda…
Iran arrests 53 people for running pro-Islamic State websites: Tasnim
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s cyber police chief said on Monday officers had arrested 53 people for running websites supporting the Islamic State militant group (IS), Tasnim news agency reported.
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency met donor of funds in PM Najib’s account: report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has interviewed the donor behind deposits of 2.6 billion ringgit ($617.3 million) that were placed in Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank account, the New Straits Times reported on its website on Mond…
China arrests four ‘terrorists’ in northern province: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested four “terrorists” in a northern province for planning attacks, a state-run newspaper said on Monday, carrying pictures of some of the suspects who appeared to be from the northwestern region of Xinjiang….
North Korea test site activity could be bluff, nuclear ban monitor says
SEOUL (Reuters) – Heightened activity at a North Korean nuclear test site could be a bluff rather than preparations to set off an atomic device soon, the head of an international body set up to monitor a ban on nuclear testing said on Monday.
Latvia PM resigns after meeting with president
RIGA (Reuters) – Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma said on Monday that she was resigning her post.
Strong 7.2 quake strikes in Tajikistan, felt in New Delhi
NEW DELHI/ALMATY (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and in Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said.
