Syria gets Russian arms under deals signed since conflict began: Assad
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is supplying weapons to Damascus under contracts signed since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, as well as under earlier deals, President Bashar al-Assad said.
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert convicted in another corruption case
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, already facing a six-year prison term after a corruption conviction, was found guilty on Monday in a separate case of accepting illegal payments from a U.S. businessman.
China probes senior power official for graft: provincial regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) – A top executive of state-run China Southern Power Grid is under investigation for “serious disciplinary violations”, the graft watchdog of Guangdong province said on Monday.
Second blogger hacked to death this year in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday, the second attack in five weeks on a critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority South Asian nation.
Special Report: Inside Hungary’s $10.8 billion nuclear deal with Russia
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Its currency is wounded and its economy besieged by sanctions, yet Russia still has money to spare for potential allies overseas. Even as it scrabbles for foreign funds, Moscow is poised to make a 10 billion euro ($10.8 billion) lo…
Iran summons Turkish charge d’affaires over Erdogan comments
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign ministry summoned Turkey’s charge d’affaires on Sunday after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Iran of trying to dominate the Middle East, Iranian media reported.
UK’s Labour warns of ‘chaos’ over Europe if PM Cameron wins election
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband will say on Monday that Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on European Union membership will subject business to two years of chaos if the Conservatives win the e…
Heavy rains trigger flood fears in Kashmir; 10 people buried alive
SRINAGAR (Reuters) – A landslide in the Himalayan region of Kashmir buried at least 10 people while they were sleeping, police said on Monday, as unseasonal rains swept India, damaging crops and raising fears of flash floods in the mountainous north.
Harsh weather cripples fishing and tourism on Cameroon’s coast
KRIBI, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For over 15 years, Raoul Meno has been fishing the waters off the coastal town of Kribi in southern Cameroon. He has sometimes had to face down storms and high seas to bring home a catch to support his fam…
Two policemen shot, injured in Saudi capital
RIYADH (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen shot and injured two policemen in a patrol car in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh late on Sunday, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency quoted a police spokesman as saying on Monday.
