Ten Iraqi security officials killed in bombings and shooting
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bomb attacks killed at least eight soldiers in Iraq on Monday hours after gunmen shot dead two Interior Ministry intelligence officers in Baghdad, police and sources in an anti-Islamic State militia said.
Interim PM named to replace hospitalized Ponta
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president appointed deputy premier Gabriel Oprea as interim prime minister on Monday, temporarily replacing Victor Ponta, who is recovering from knee surgery in Istanbul.
Despite Greece, UK’s Cameron eyes renegotiation progress at EU summit
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron is determined to use this week’s European Union summit to move talks on reforming Britain’s ties with the bloc onto the “next phase” despite the Greek crisis, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
Ethiopia declares election sweep for ruling party, critics cry foul
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s ruling party has swept all but one seat in the election to the 547-seat parliament held in May, final results showed on Monday, again crushing an opposition that complained of voting abuses.
U.S. leads 29 air strikes against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition forces targeted Islamic State militants with seven air strikes in Syria and 22 in Iraq on Sunday, the combined joint task force leading the operations said in a statement.
Egypt receives two Fast Missile navy vessels from U.S.
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States has delivered two navy vessels to Egypt, doubling Cairo’s total fleet of Fast Missile Craft to four, the U.S. embassy in Cairo said on Monday.
Thousands of refugees cross back into Syria from Turkey: security sources
AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 2,000 Syrian refugees who had fled into Turkey crossed back on Monday, security sources and witnesses said, as a gate reopened a few days after Islamic State militants were ousted from the frontier town of Tel Aby…
Russia’s Putin tells Hollande, Merkel Ukrainian forces must stop shelling in East Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone conversation on Monday that Ukrainian forces must stop shelling in Eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
Danish Liberals get mandate to try to form minority government
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s center-right Liberals received a mandate on Monday to form a minority government and signaled that the eurosceptic Danish People’s Party (DF) was their most likely coalition partner.
EU to use drones, submarines in operation against migrant smugglers
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union will use submarines, warships, drones and helicopters in an operation to gather intelligence on gangs who smuggle thousands of asylum-seekers to Europe from Libya, officials said on Monday.
