Two contractors held in Yemen do not work for United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday that two contractors detained by authorities in Yemen’s capital Sanaa were not working for the world body, but were instead employed by a company that manages a facility used by the United Na…
Merkel congratulates Turkish PM on election victory
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday to congratulate him on election victory and urged swift joint action to deal with the migrant crisis, a government spokesman said.
U.N. pushes for final Libyan unity agreement
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United Nations on Monday urged Libya’s warring factions to agree on a unity government after they were offered proposals to ease concerns over regional distribution in a U.N.-backed power-sharing deal.
Central African Republic leader says U.N. failing to halt violence
BANGUI (Reuters) – The president of Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza said on Monday U.N. peacekeepers had failed to halt a cycle of violence in the capital in which at least 90 people have been killed since late September.
White House advisor says U.S. activity in South China Sea will continue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said on Monday that there would be more demonstrations of the United States’ commitment to the freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea.
Flight recorders show crashed Russian jet not struck from outside – investigator
CAIRO/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian plane that crashed in Egypt was not struck from the outside and the pilot did not make a distress call before it disappeared from radar, a source in the committee analyzing the flight recorders said on Monday.
Kuwait court sentences five to prison for militant funding
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti court sentenced five people to 10-year prison terms on Monday on charges of collecting money for the Islamic State group, the court said, the first verdict of its kind in the conservative Gulf monarchy.
Iran arrests two journalists as crackdown gathers pace
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities arrested two prominent journalists on Monday as the head of the judiciary dismissed international condemnation of what appears to be a crackdown on writers and artists.
South African police surrender after caught on camera killing suspect
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police officers who killed a suspected robber by shooting him in the head as he lay on the ground handed themselves in on Monday after a surveillance video of the act was broadcast, the police said.
Islamist al Shabaab ambushes Somali military trainees, says kills 30
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamists al Shabaab said they had ambushed a group of military trainees on Monday southwest of the capital Mogadishu and killed 30 of them, though the claim could not be independently confirmed.
