Romanian PM charged with tax evasion and money laundering
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta was charged on Monday with forging documents and serving as an accessory to tax evasion and money laundering, further tarnishing the image of the former communist country as it struggles to sh…
Saudi-led air raids in Yemen kill 21 two days into truce
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led air raids killed 21 civilians in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Monday morning, relatives of the victims and medics told Reuters, two days after the start of a United Nations-brokered humanitarian truce that Riyadh does not recogn…
Suicide attacks killed at least 12 in northern Cameroon: source
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least a dozen civilians and a Chadian soldier were killed in two suicide attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants in the northern Cameroon town of Fotokol late on Sunday, a senior Cameroonian military officer said.
Indian Kashmir flood sparks wave of property insurance sales
SRINIGAR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Insurance companies in Indian-administered Kashmir, which was hit by a destructive flood last September, have collected substantially higher premiums this year as property owners seek to avoid further fina…
Tunisia says almost wipes out al Qaeda group after attacks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s interior minister said security forces had almost wiped out an Islamist militant group linked to al Qaeda during a crackdown launched after two deadly attacks on tourists.
For France, mission accomplished as ‘Grexit’ averted
PARIS (Reuters) – As President Francois Hollande led Angela Merkel off for a working dinner at his Elysee Palace a week ago last Monday, his advisers breathed deep sighs of relief.
Police evacuate 18 from Paris suburb store hold-up
PARIS (Reuters) – French police evacuated 18 people from a Primark clothes store in a shopping precinct just outside Paris that was held up by robbers on Monday, police sources said.
Islamic State audio tape raises doubt whether Afghan leader dead
KABUL (Reuters) – Islamic State on Monday released an audio tape it said was of the movement’s leader for Afghanistan, raising doubts over whether he was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday.
Burundi president’s faces emerging armed rebellion as vote looms
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza may find an election victory he is assured of this month swiftly overshadowed by the emergence of an armed insurgency in a nation at the heart of one of Africa’s most combustible regions.
Mexico kingpin ‘Chapo’ Guzman stages brazen jailbreak in blow to president
ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, broke out of a high-security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment o…
