French parliament debates bill to give spies more power
PARIS (Reuters) – French spies could get more powers to bug and track would-be Islamist attackers inside the country and require Internet companies to monitor suspicious behavior under a bill to be debated in parliament on Monday.
Grieving parents leave South Korea ferry victims’ rooms intact
ANSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – The bed is gone from Kim Dong-hyuk’s room, but everything else remains as it was before the South Korean teenager drowned, along with 249 fellow students of the Danwon High School, when the Sewol ferry capsized last year….
Four killed as South Africans loot immigrants’ shops
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Four people were killed and shops owned by immigrants in South African townships in the coastal city of Durban looted and burnt, police said on Monday, as violence between residents and foreign nationals escalated.
China caps visits to Hong Kong by Shenzhen residents
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will limit the number of visits that residents of the southern city of Shenzhen can make to neighboring Hong Kong, state media said on Monday, to ease the flow of mainland visitors in the former British colony that h…
Iran suspends Saudi pilgrimage flights over sexual assault allegations
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the year-round Umrah Islamic pilgrimage over allegations that Saudi security officers sexually assaulted two Iranian boys, Culture Minister Ali Jannati said on Monday.
Sudan votes in elections boycotted by opposition groups
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese began voting on Monday in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties which looks set to extend President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s more than 25 years in power.
Yemen’s exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saud…
Hundreds march as Turkish mine disaster trial begins
AKHISAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters marched in western Turkey on Monday, demanding harsh sentences for mining company executives at the start of their trial over the deaths of 301 miners, the country’s worst industrial accident.
Fifteen killed in wildfires in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wildfires in the Russian region of Khakassia in southern Siberia have killed 15 people and caused damage worth at least $96 million, the region’s leader said on Monday.
Party of Nigeria’s defeated president wins oil hub Rivers state
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – The party of Nigeria’s outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan won a landslide victory in the governorship election for the key oil-producing Rivers state, officials said on Monday.
