Serbia sentences Balkan drug trafficker to 20 years in jail
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A court in Belgrade on Monday sentenced Darko Saric, for years one of the most wanted crime figures in the Balkans, to 20 years in jail for trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe and laundering 22 million euros, the Tanju…
Two explosions heard in central Kabul, one near bowling alley
KABUL (Reuters) – Two explosions were heard in central Kabul early on Monday evening, police said, wounding a taxi driver according to a Reuters witness.
Italian marines’ Indian murder case may go to arbitration
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A case in which two Italian marines are accused of killing two Indian fisherman could now be heard before an international court, offering a possible way out of a three-year impasse that has blighted bilateral relations.
How support for a Chinese rights lawyer could have led to crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state media last month accused Wang Yu, the country’s most prominent female human rights lawyer, of “blabbering about the rule of law and human rights”.
Smugglers dodge Turkish army on border with Islamic State-held Syria
ELBEYLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Emerging into Turkish territory through a field of towering corn a stone’s throw from the Syrian border, more than a dozen men make their way under scorching heat towards two white vans by the roadside, their engines running…
Hungary starts building Serbian border fence to keep out migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary started building a fence on Monday along its border with Serbia to try to stop illegal migrants entering from the south, a barrier which German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said makes “no sense”.
Bus bomb hits checkpoint in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, one killed
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a bus killed one member of Nigeria’s civilian joint task force (JTF) at the main checkpoint on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, military and JTF sources said.
Iran court holds third hearing in espionage trial of U.S. journalist
DUBAI (Reuters) – A third hearing in the trial of jailed Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian on espionage charges took place behind closed doors in Tehran on Monday, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
Senior Chinese official to visit Vietnam
BEIJING/HANOI (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, a member of the ruling communist party’s elite Politburo Standing Committee, will visit Vietnam in mid-July, state media said on Monday, amid tension over territorial disputes in the South Chi…
23 killed in military barracks collapse in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 23 Russian soldiers were killed and 19 taken to hospital when a military barracks collapsed near the Siberian city of Omsk, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
