Iran says Washington Post reporter Rezaian sentenced to prison
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to a prison term, the state news agency said on Sunday quoting a judiciary spokesman, a case that is a sensitive issue in contentious U.S.-Iranian relations.
Belgian police mount raids in Brussels and other towns
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian armed police mounted raids across the country late on Sunday after the prime minister announced another day of lockdown in the capital for fear a new, Paris-style mass attack may be imminent.
Mali deepens probe into deadly attack on luxury hotel
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali said on Sunday that investigators were following “several leads” after 19 people were killed in an attack on a luxury hotel claimed by three Islamist militant groups.
Global health experts accuse WHO of ‘egregious failure’ on Ebola
LONDON, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak was an “egregious failure” which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts said on Monday.
Opposition candidate Macri leads Argentina’s presidential election
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri took a comfortable early lead in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday and three exit polls showed him on course to win after promising business-friendly economic reforms.
Venezuela opposition says shots fired at election campaign caravan
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said on Sunday shots were fired at one of its candidates’ campaign caravan in a poor neighborhood of Caracas amid rising national tensions over next month’s parliamentary election.
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish leader unharmed after bullet hits car: party
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtas was unharmed after his car was hit by a bullet on Sunday in an apparent assassination attempt, a spokesman for his political party said.
Slow road from Kabul highlights China’s challenge in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A new road linking the Afghan capital with a trade hub near Pakistan has been stuck in the slow lane since a state-owned Chinese company took the contract to build it two years ago, bedeviled by militant attacks and accusations of mis…
Cyprus quizes group suspected of Islamist link
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Police in Cyprus were questioning six French-speaking men on Sunday amid suspicions three of them had links with Islamist groups, authorities said.
Iraq grounds northern flights over missiles launched at Syria
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq said it was suspending flights between Baghdad and the northern cities of Erbil and Sulaimaniya for two days starting on Monday due to military traffic from Russia’s air campaign in neighboring Syria.
