Catalan separatists set for majority of seats in regional parliament: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan separatists are set to win a majority of seats in the regional parliament in an election this month, potentially putting them on a path to a unilateral declaration of independence and a clash with Madrid, a poll on Monday sho…
Qatar sends 1,000 ground troops to Yemen conflict: al Jazeera
SANAA (Reuters) – Qatar has sent 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said, escalating Gulf Arab intervention in Yemen’s war ahead of a planned offensive against Iranian-backed Houthis holding the capital Sanaa.
Iraqi defense minister unharmed after sniper hits convoy: spokesman
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi’s convoy came under sniper fire on Monday but he was unharmed, a ministry spokesman said.
Thai authorities question Indian nationals as bomb probe expands
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities issued more arrest warrants on Monday and questioned two Indian men seen at an apartment block where explosives were seized, expanding a complex investigation into a deadly Bangkok bombing that remains shrouded in m…
Farmers protest in Brussels to push for EU emergency measures
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police fired water cannon and blocked roads to stop nearly 5,000 farmers, with more than 1,000 tractors, marching on European Union buildings in Brussels to demand support for a sector badly hit by a Russian ban on EU food imports….
Scandal-hit Guatemala’s presidential race heads for run-off
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala was bound for a presidential election run-off after the three leading candidates split Sunday´s vote, prolonging political uncertainty just days after a graft scandal toppled the president.
Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move ‘towards normality’
VIENNA/MUNICH (Reuters) – Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step “towards normality”.
North Korea apparently building at nuclear site, IAEA says
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea appears to be renovating and building facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site, a central element of its atomic weapons program, the U.N. nuclear agency’s head said on Monday.
Blast reported at chemical plant in eastern China
BEIJING (Reuters) – An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.
ICC asks South Africa to explain failure to arrest Bashir
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court have asked South African authorities to explain why they failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in June when he attended a conference.
