Spain, Catalonia to try dialogue after acrimonious independence vote
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Two years into a political and legal battle over Catalonia’s future that entered a new phase with a disputed independence vote, Spain’s central government and regional authorities in Barcelona are preparing to try something new: d…
Israel faces tough months as pressure builds on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to keep his fractious coalition together as talk of early elections grows, but in trying to bolster himself domestically he runs the risk of further alienating international part…
Egypt considers tighter curbs on media coverage of military
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is drafting a law tightening restrictions on media coverage of the armed forces, government and judicial sources said, alarming journalists who believe this would end three years of relative press freedom.
Suicide bomber kills dozens at school assembly in Nigeria
POTISKUM Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48 people, most of them students, and injured 79 others at a school assembly in the northeastern Nigerian town of Potiskum on Monday, a hospital official said.
Liberia punishes soldiers involved in Ebola quarantine violence
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has ordered four soldiers and their commanding officer to be punished for their actions during a protest over an Ebola quarantine in August, a government statement said.
Five nuclear engineers, one of them Iranian, killed in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, four of them Syrian and one Iranian, on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, a monitoring group said on Monday.
Nearly third of Indian cabinet charged with crimes, despite Modi pledge
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Attempted murder, waging war on the state, criminal intimidation and fraud are some of the charges on the rap sheets of ministers Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed to the cabinet on Sunday, jarring with his pledge to c…
Spain’s Catalans vote to secede in symbolic ballot, but turnout low
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Close to two million Catalans voted on Sunday in favor of seceding from Spain, the regional government said, in a symbolic referendum that supporters hope will fuel the independence debate despite opposition from Madrid.
Iranian-built copy of U.S. drone takes first flight: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
French opposition calls for top Hollande aide to step down
PARIS (Reuters) – Calls grew on Monday for President Francois Hollande’s top Elysee official to resign after the aide gave contradictory accounts of a conversation with an opposition politician about ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s legal woes.
