South Africa’s Zulu king wants end to ‘vile’ xenophobic attacks
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa’s influential Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini described recent anti-immigrant attacks as “vile” on Monday, defending himself against claims previous comments he made about foreigners sparked the unrest.
Turkey’s top cleric calls Pope ‘immoral’ for Armenia comments
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s top cleric on Monday described comments by Pope Francis that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians was genocide as immoral and said the Vatican should look to its own history before leveling accusations of casting stones.
Shi’ite militia hands over suspected body of former top Saddam aide
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The body of a man believed to be Ezzat al-Douri, top aide to Iraq’s executed president Saddam Hussein, was handed over to the Iraqi government by a Shi’ite militia on Monday, live video from the scene showed.
Serbia quashes talk of landmark visit by Kosovo ex-guerrilla
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia has informed its former Kosovo province that Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci will be arrested if he tries to attend a conference in Belgrade this week in what would have been a landmark visit by the former guerrilla commander….
U.S., allies stage 36 air strikes against Islamic State: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies launched 36 air strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since early Sunday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said on Monday.
Egypt sentences 22 members of Brotherhood to death: judicial sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 22 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday over an attack on a police station in a district outside Cairo in 2013, judicial sources said.
EU regulators to formally charge Gazprom on Wednesday: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators will this week formally charge Russian gas giant Gazprom with overcharging customers in eastern Europe and hindering rivals in the region, two EU sources said on Monday.
Finland’s new ‘DIY’ PM aims for business acumen in government
HELSINKI (Reuters) – After only a few years of party leadership, Finland’s next prime minister Juha Sipila beat electoral expectations by emphasizing his business acumen as a telecom millionaire executive while maintaining traditional Finnish roots tha…
Ramadi exodus compounds Iraq humanitarian crisis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Some pushed wheelbarrows piled high with their belongings across the only bridge to Baghdad. Others balanced battered suitcases on their heads, or held babies aloft so they would not be crushed in the exodus from Iraq’s western prov…
Obama, Tunisia’s Essebsi to meet in wake of attack, elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S President Barack Obama and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will meet in Washington next month to discuss security and economic issues, including the situation in neighboring Libya, the White House said in a statement on …
