Exclusive: Ukraine tensions keep Putin away from Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to join world leaders gathering at the site of the Auschwitz death camp this month because distrust caused by the conflict in Ukraine has cast a pall on arrangements to commemorate the Hol…
Boko Haram attacks town in north Cameroon, killing one
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram attacked a town in northern Cameroon on Monday, killing at least one person, an army source said, less than a week after the group issued threats against the Central African country.
Poll gives UK Cameron’s Conservatives rare lead before national election
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives are 6 percentage points ahead of the opposition Labour party four months before a national election, an opinion poll suggested on Monday.
Captured LRA commander calls for comrades to abandon rebellion
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A senior Lord’s Resistance Army commander who surrendered last week appealed on Uganda television on Monday for the rebel group’s remaining fighters to give themselves up, and said President Yoweri Museveni had forgiven him.
Locally brewed liquor kills 12 in India, 100 in hospital
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – At least 12 people died after drinking locally brewed liquor in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, and about 100 were hospitalized, police said.
Thailand to adopt fines, GPS to ‘eradicate slave trade’
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thailand is deploying GPS on fishing boats, adopting steep fines and a budget to hire 700 anti-corruption staff in an effort to combat human trafficking ahead of a U.S. deadline to show improvement, authorities sa…
Sri Lanka’s new president names 100-day cabinet before polls
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s new president announced an interim cabinet on Monday he said would carry out reforms to fight corruption in the 100 days to a parliamentary election.
New sanctions could torpedo Iran nuclear deal: U.S. envoy to U.N.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It is still possible to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, but new U.S. congressional sanctions could seriously undermine prospects for an agreement and end up isolating Washington instead of Tehran, the U.S. envoy to the United Natio…
EU energy chief heads to Moscow to discuss energy security
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission backs Bulgaria’s plans to build a gas hub to help it compensate for the loss of Russia’s South Stream pipeline, and will raise the issue at talks in Moscow on energy security on Wednesday, the EU’s energy bo…
Islamic State hit with 27 air strikes: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State forces in 27 air strikes in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Monday.
