Ivory Coast must end wave of arrests, abuse ahead of polls: Amnesty
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast must put an end to what Amnesty International claims is a wave of arbitrary arrests and abuse targeting opposition supporters in the run-up to a presidential election later this month, the rights campaigne…
Israel toughens measures against Palestinians, West Bank youth killed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel announced harsher measures to tackle Palestinian violence on Monday as a Palestinian teenager was killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, a Palestinian hospital source said.
NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish airspace
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara threatened to respond, reporting two incursions in two days and raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the former Cold Wa…
Anti-immigration Finns Party should consider leaving government: deputy chair
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s anti-immigration Finns Party should vote on whether to remain in the ruling coalition, one of its deputy leaders said on Monday as tensions grew over handling of an influx of asylum seekers.
U.S.-Russia agreement on Syria might help on Ukraine: Finnish leader
HELSINKI (Reuters) – If Russia and the United States were able to agree on ways of solving the Syrian crisis, this might help towards the two powers finding common ground on Ukraine, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Monday.
Libya’s elected parliament extends mandate, complicating peace talks
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s elected parliament voted on Monday to extend its mandate, due to expire on Oct. 20, in a move likely to complicate U.N. attempts to end a crisis between the country’s two rival governments.
Key player in Guatemala corruption scandal turns himself in
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – An aide to Guatemala’s former vice president turned himself into authorities on Monday to face charges over his role in a customs fraud case that has brought down the country’s president and his one-time boss, officials said …
Pakistan denies man hanged by Taliban was one of its spies
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military denied on Monday that a man shown being hanged in videos released by the Taliban was one of its intelligence officers, as the insurgents had claimed.
Finger-printing refugees will ‘filter out’ militant threats: EU’s Timmermans
GENEVA (Reuters) – Finger-printing and registering all refugees reaching Europe would keep out Islamist militants bent on attacks, the European Commission’s deputy chief said on Monday in response to concerns raised in some EU countries.
Russia-Israel military coordination talks on Syria to open Tuesday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Russian military delegation will visit Israel on Tuesday for two days of talks on how the countries can avoid accidentally clashing while operating in Syria, an Israeli military officer said.
