Media reports allege Australian politics infiltrated by Italian mafia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two Australian media organisations reported on Monday that Australian politics has been infiltrated at high levels by the Italian mafia, although there was no suggestion of direct links between lawmakers and the criminal syndicate.
Japan PM Abe’s ratings slip amid doubts about his security policy
TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is slipping in the face of doubts about his more muscular security policy, a newspaper survey released on Monday showed, amid concerns Abe’s ruling party wants to muzzle its …
Libyan factions sit at the same table in UN peace talks
SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) – Officials from Libya’s rival parliaments sat at the same table for the first time on Sunday at the latest round of United Nations-backed peace talks in Morocco, a move negotiators saw as an important step to forming a unity…
British PM calls for dealing with Islamic State threat at ‘source’: The Telegraph
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Friday’s attack at a Tunisian hotel demonstrated the “level of evil” Britain is dealing with and drew parallels with previous attacks at magazine offices in Paris and in schools in Pakistan.
Jailed Palestinian agrees to end hunger strike: official
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – An Islamic Jihad leader jailed by Israel has agreed to end a 56- day hunger strike in exchange for a pledge that he would go free next month, a Palestinian official said on Monday.
Western officials suggest Iran tries to wiggle out of nuclear pledges
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran is backtracking from an interim nuclear agreement with world powers three months ago, Western officials suggested on Sunday, as U.S. and Iranian officials said talks on a final accord would likely run past a June 30 deadline.
Tunisia beach attacker; from rap fan to killer
GAAFOUR, Tunisia (Reuters) – On Wednesday, Saif Rezgui sat down with friends in his Tunisian hometown to chat about his favorite soccer team, girls and his break-dance skills over coffee and cigarettes.
Cautious Merkel on verge of biggest risk with ‘Grexit’
BERLIN (Reuters) – “If you break it, you own it,” former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell warned President George W. Bush before his invasion of Iraq.
African Union says Burundi election not free or fair, speaker flees
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – The African Union stood down its election observers in Burundi on Sunday, saying Monday’s parliamentary election would be neither free nor fair, as the speaker of parliament said he had fled after being threatened and heavy gunfir…
Argentina will pursue judge order on Falklands drillers: minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina will pursue in Britain and the United States a local judge’s order to seize assets of oil drillers operating in the disputed Falklands Islands, the foreign minister said in an interview published in local media on Sun…
