Gambia condemns EU pressure on anti-gay law, says to break ties
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s foreign minister said the West African country would sever all dialogue with the European Union and rejected what he said were attempts by the bloc to use its aid budget to force Gambia to revoke a tough new law against homos…
Kabul police chief quits after South African family dies in Taliban attack
KABUL (Reuters) – The Kabul police chief resigned on Sunday after Taliban gunmen killed three members of a South African family in the capital, while officials said Afghan forces had ousted insurgents trying to seize former U.S. and British base Camp B…
In fight for influence, Russia can play good cop too
NIS, Serbia (Reuters) – There were 76, but they were dubbed the ‘Russian 100’ – life-savers flown in from Moscow within hours of an appeal for help from Serbia as the heaviest rainfall in more than a century inundated the Balkans in May.
Mother of MH17 plane crash victim sues Ukraine in European court: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The mother of a German woman killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in July is suing the Ukrainian authorities at the European Court of Human Rights for failing to close their airspace, a German pap…
Russia link and Le Pen dynasty mark French National Front congress
LYON, France (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front re-elected its leader Marine Le Pen with a 100 percent mandate on Sunday at a party congress marked by closer ties to Russia and the rise of a new generation of the Le Pen dynasty.
Germany says 300 jihadists facing trial, anti-terrorism laws working
BERLIN (Reuters) – Nearly 300 people are facing prosecution in Germany for supporting Islamic State (IS), German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said, adding that it was a sign that anti-terrorism laws were working and tougher legislation was not neede…
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.
Khamenei tells Iran armed forces to build up ‘irrespective’ of diplomacy
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an apparent allusion to continuing nuclear talks with the West aimed at ea…
Russians march through Moscow to protest healthcare reforms
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Over a thousand Russians marched through central Moscow on Sunday to protest against reforms to the healthcare system and to demand better wages and working conditions for doctors.
Colombian president says rebels free hostages including general
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Marxist FARC rebels had freed an army general and two others on Sunday, paving the way for peace talks to resume in the quest to end five decades of conflict.
