U.N. Security Council mulls how to help Syria’s Yarmouk civilians
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council said on Monday it would look at how to help some 18,000 Palestinian refugees and Syrian civilians in a camp largely taken over by Islamic State as a top U.N. official suggested it consider …
Obama: nuclear deal not predicated on Iran recognizing Israel – NPR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday poured cold water on an Israeli demand that a nuclear deal between world powers and Iran be predicated on Tehran recognizing Israel.
Kenya says it destroys two al Shabaab camps in Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan air force has destroyed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, it said on Monday, in the first major military response since the Islamist group massacred students at a Kenyan university last week.
Twitter complies with Turkey’s request, ban lifted
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Twitter has complied with Turkey’s request to remove photographs of a prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said on Monday, and a ban on it ended hours after being imposed.
Greece puts a figure on World War Two reparation claims from Germany
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s deputy finance minister said on Monday Germany owes Greece nearly 279 billion euros ($305.17 billion) in reparations for the Nazi occupation of the country.
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada’s coast
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on M…
Hezbollah says Iran nuclear agreement ‘rules out specter of regional war’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Monday that a framework nuclear agreement that Iran reached with world powers last week rules out the specter of regional war.
Sonia Gandhi slur prompts call for penalties against India’s sexist politicians
(This story corrects date of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in second paragraph to 1991)
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.
