Cuba’s atheist Castro brothers open doors to Church and popes
HAVANA (Reuters) – Baptized as Roman Catholics and educated by Jesuits, Fidel and Raul Castro turned against the Church by declaring Cuba an atheist state, chasing out priests and shutting down religious schools after seizing power in a 1959 revolution…
Afghans say police killed by coalition air strike in Helmand
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An air strike by U.S.-led coalition forces has killed Afghan counter-narcotics police in a “friendly fire” incident in southern Helmand province, Afghan officials said on Monday.
New poll gives Syriza narrow lead in Greece’s snap election
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party has a 0.5 percentage-point lead over the conservative New Democracy party before a snap election on Sept. 20, according to a poll published on Monday.
U.S. asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria
ATHENS/BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States has asked Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to Syria, a Greek official said on Monday, after Washington told Moscow it was deeply concerned by reports of a Russian milita…
UK chambers of commerce head doubts Cameron can get EU reforms
PARIS (Reuters) – The head of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is not confident UK Prime Minister David Cameron can obtain meaningful reforms of the European Union before a referendum on a possible exit from the bloc, he told a French newspaper.
Cameron says UK drone strike killed British IS fighters in Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
British monarchy richer than ever as queen’s reign reaches record
LONDON (Reuters) – Despite talk of crumbling and chilly palaces and of Queen Elizabeth slipping down several “rich lists”, Britain’s monarchy will be wealthier than ever when she becomes its longest serving royal on the throne — 63 years — on Sept. 9…
‘Glaring errors’ led court to annul Knox murder conviction
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s top court threw out a conviction of American Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British flatmate because of “glaring errors” in the case against her, a document showed on Monday.
EU to give 500 million euros to farmers hit by Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission announced a 500 million euro ($557 million) package of measures on Monday to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices, triggered partly by the loss of exports to Russia due to EU sanctions against…
U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria and Iraq against: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition conducted 11 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, as well as four strikes targeting the militant group in Syria, according to a statement released on Monday.
