Turkish Airlines flight diverted to Morocco after bomb scare
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish Airlines flight heading for Brazil was forced by a bomb threat to land in Morocco for more than three hours on Monday, but was cleared to fly on after no explosives were found.
Danish Nazi, accused war criminal, dies in Germany
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A Danish former Nazi officer and a war criminal on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s most wanted list has died, according to a death note in the German paper Allgauer Zeitung published at the weekend.
Iran seeks nuclear deal but not normal ties with ‘Great Satan’
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran is not expected to normalize relations with the United States even if Tehran reaches agreement with world powers on its nuclear program, officials and analysts said.
U.N. Secretary General troubled by Iraq abuse claims, refugees
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was concerned about alleged abuses by Iraqi pro-government forces in their war against Islamic State and called for investigations into any wrongdoing.
Syrian military source alleges Turkish role in Idlib offensive
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian military source accused Turkey on Monday of helping Islamist rebels to stage an assault on Idlib, a provincial capital which fighters seized at the weekend.
Council fears US troop decision to hurt faltering Afghan peace process
KABUL (Reuters) – The official body overseeing the Afghan peace process and other influential players in the region have criticized President Ashraf Ghani for pushing for U.S. troops to stay longer, saying it could hurt the chances of ending the Taliba…
Searchers build roadway to remote France air crash site
PARIS (Reuters) – French investigators hope to speed up identification of the 150 people killed in last week’s Germanwings plane crash by digging a roadtrack that will allow direct access to the disaster zone high on a remote Alpine mountainside.
UK’s Cameron meets Queen, starts knife-edge election campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Campaigning in Britain’s closest election in decades began on Monday after Prime Minister David Cameron met Queen Elizabeth to tell her parliament had been dissolved, teeing up a fraught battle to govern a $2.8 trillion economy.
U.N. Secretary General troubled by Iraq abuse claims, refugees
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was concerned about reported abuses by Iraqi pro-government forces and militias in their war against Islamic State.
Obama to visit Kenya in July for entrepreneurship summit: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Kenya in July for the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, his fourth trip to sub-Saharan Africa during his presidency, the White House said in a statement on Monday.
