U.S. to question Islamic State leader’s wife on hostages, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The captured wife of a senior Islamic State leader who was killed in a weekend raid will face questions over what she and her husband knew about the group’s treatment of hostages, including Americans, U.S. officials said.
U.S. calls death sentence for former Egyptian president ‘unjust’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes the death sentence for former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is “unjust and undermines confidence in the rule of law,” the State Department said on Monday.
Israel holds Jordanian-Canadian national for alleged Hamas links
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has detained a Palestinian with dual Canadian and Jordanian citizenship suspected of links with the Islamist group Hamas, an Israeli security official told Reuters on Monday.
U.N. chief deeply concerned at death sentence bid for Egypt’s Mursi
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern on Monday at an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Mursi, a spokesman for the United Nations said.
Europe wants central role in Middle East peace, Mogherini says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union wants a more active role in seeking peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday on the eve of her first visit to the region.
EU agrees Mediterranean naval mission to tackle people smugglers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed a naval mission on Monday to target gangs smuggling migrants from Libya but parts of a broader plan to deal with the influx began to unravel in a row over national quotas for housing asylum seekers.
Syrian insurgents battle army around military base in Idlib
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Heavy clashes between Syria’s army and insurgents erupted around a military base south of Idlib city on Monday as part of a wider battle for control of the northwestern province, Syrian state television and a group monitoring the war…
Greece says must strike debt deal in May as money runs low
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece needs to strike a deal with its creditors by the end of the month to stay afloat, the government said on Monday, as investors ditched Greek bonds in a sign of growing concern about possible bankruptcy.
Iran uses maritime confrontations to project power in Gulf
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran is using its sea power in the Gulf to show it will not be cowed by Washington’s newly assertive Arab allies, prompting critics to accuse Tehran of destabilizing the region.
Bomb blasts hit pro-Kurdish HDP party in south Turkey, six wounded
ANKARA (Reuters) – Simultaneous bomb blasts hit the offices of a pro-Kurdish party in two cities in southern Turkey on Monday, three weeks before a parliamentary election, attacks which a party leader blamed on President Tayyip Erdogan.
