Belgian strike hits international rail services
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A strike on Monday in parts of Belgium over government austerity measures halted international rail services to and from Germany and Luxembourg and disrupted public transport across the country.
Suicide bomber kills nine at funeral in northern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least nine people at a funeral and wounded more than a dozen in northern Afghanistan on Monday, a provincial official said.
Islamist militants kill Tunisian policeman near Algerian border
TUNIS (Reuters) – Islamist militants beheaded a Tunisian policeman after he was kidnapped near the Algerian border late on Sunday, officials said on Monday.
Tough first year raises doubts Australian PM will last full term
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is nearing the end of his first full year in office hobbled by missteps and a souring economy that have plunged his approval ratings to historic lows, increasing speculation he may not survive to…
Pregnant refugees in Australia protest in bus over detention
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A pair of heavily pregnant refugees were refusing to disembark from a bus in the northern Australian city of Darwin for the third day on Monday in protest against attempts to force them into detention for the remainder of their pregn…
China investigates senior Xinjiang security official for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Prosecutors have begun an investigation into a former senior security official in China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang for suspected abuse of power and corruption, the government said on Monday.
Uruguay’s Vazquez wins presidential vote, extends leftist rule
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Tabare Vazquez won back his old job as president of Uruguay in a runoff election on Sunday, extending the decade-long rule of a leftist coalition and allowing it to roll out a groundbreaking law that legalizes the production and …
Thirty U.S.-led strikes hit Islamic State in Syria’s Raqqa: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition carried out at least 30 air strikes in Syria against Islamic State militants in the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
Kabul police chief quits after attack that group says killed three staff
KABUL (Reuters) – The police chief of Afghanistan’s capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third deadly Taliban attack in 10 days on foreign guest houses in Kabul.
Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialists hold lead after partial vote count
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-Moscow Socialist Party, which seeks to reverse a policy of integrating with mainstream Europe and join a Russia-led economic bloc instead, had a surprise lead after a partial vote count in an election in the ex-Soviet…
