Czech PM criticizes country’s president after U.S. diplomatic spat
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech prime minister criticized the country’s president, Milos Zeman, on Monday for instigating a public spat with the U.S. ambassador, saying he wished the president was more professional in diplomatic affairs.
Syrian insurgents kidnap then release 300 Kurds: Kurdish official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country’s north who were taken captive on Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday.
Colombia’s Cano Limon oil pipeline halted by bomb attack
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Cano Limon oil pipeline has been shut down following a bomb attack on Sunday evening, state-run oil company Ecopetrol said, adding that it did not expect exports to be disrupted.
Insurgents release 300 kidnapped Syrian Kurds: Kurdish official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents have released 300 Kurdish men in the country’s north who were taken captive on Sunday, a Kurdish official said on Monday.
Ex-ally of Canada PM set for high-profile bribery trial
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A former ally of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper goes on trial for fraud and bribery on Tuesday in a case that could damage the governing Conservatives’ chances of winning October’s general election.
Lufthansa says not obligated to report crash pilot’s medical record
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lufthansa said on Monday it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz’s former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.
Iran nuclear deal will not create arms race: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An interim agreement between six world powers and Iran on Tehran’s nuclear program will not lead to a new arms race, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Monday.
Yemeni fighters attack Houthis as aid flights delayed
ADEN (Reuters) – Southern Yemeni militias backed by warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked Houthi fighters across several provinces in south Yemen on Monday, driving the Shi’ite rebel forces from some of their positions, witnesses and militia so…
Boko Haram disguised as preachers kill at least 24 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and witness said on Monday.
Opposition, rights group demand investigation into Congo mass burial
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A rights group and an opposition lawmaker called on Monday on the government of Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate the late night burial of at least 421 bodies last month.
