Soldiers killed in clashes near Azerbaijan’s breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region
BAKU (Reuters) – Clashes erupted between troops from Azerbaijan and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region at the weekend, the two sides said on Monday, giving conflicting death tolls and disputing who was to blame.
Russia’s Lavrov says U.S. signals it wants to mend ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the United States has been sending “signals” that it wants to start mending ties with Moscow, badly strained over the past year and a half by the conflict in Ukraine.
Colombia decries increase in deportations by Venezuelan government
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela has intensified deportations of Colombians since President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of two border crossings last week, Colombia’s migration office said on Monday, in some cases separating children from their paren…
UK says Iran sanctions could be lifted next spring
TEHRAN (Reuters) – International sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as spring next year, Britain’s foreign minister said on Monday, as Tehran and the West rebuild their ties and potentially open up billions of dollars of trade deals.
Britain, reopening Tehran embassy, says to tread carefully with Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must remain cautious in its relations with Iran, foreign minister Philip Hammond said on Monday, after he reopened the British embassy in Tehran nearly four years after it was stormed by protesters.
Two drown, five missing as migrants head for Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) – Two people drowned and five were believed missing when a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, as many hundreds continued to head to Greek territory from nearby Turkey.
Anti-bailout leftist gets Greek coalition mandate
ATHENS (Reuters) – A radical leftist opposed to Greece’s new bailout deal won a presidential mandate on Monday to try to form a new government but immediately admitted he would fail, pointing toward a snap election.
Sudanese migrant who walked Channel Tunnel to UK will fight charge
CANTERBURY, England (Reuters) – A Sudanese migrant who walked 50 km (31 miles) from France to Britain through the Channel Tunnel as trains rushed past, only to be caught near the British exit, appeared in court on Monday and said he was not guilty of a…
U.S. Marine admits choking, not killing, Filipino transgender
MANILA (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine on Monday admitted in court choking, but not killing, a Filipino transgender in self-defense in a case that could test the strength of security ties between the Philippines and the United States.
Sitting Rohingya MP in Myanmar plans to appeal election ban
YANGON (Reuters) – A Rohingya member of Myanmar’s parliament barred from contesting Nov. 8 elections on the basis that his parents were not Myanmar citizens at the time of his birth said on Monday he would appeal the decision and hoped to stand in the …
