Belgian police detain man near EU Parliament, find gun and chainsaw
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels police on Monday detained a Slovakian man dressed in camouflage gear near the European Parliament and found a gun and a chainsaw in his car, triggering a security scare which caused several offices to be evacuated.
Malaysia puts real-time plane tracking at center of ICAO safety meeting
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Malaysia, which had two air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, said on Monday that real-time aircraft tracking must become a priority for the industry.
Italy’s Berlusconi allowed to end community service sentence early
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was granted a request on Monday to end his community service sentence for tax fraud 45 days early for good behavior, making him a free agent from early next month.
Jordan to send ambassador back to Israel as tensions ease
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan will return its ambassador to Israel, the government said on Monday, three months after withdrawing the envoy in protest at Israeli restrictions on access to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque.
South Sudan’s warring sides sign another ceasefire deal
ADDIS ABABA/JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed another ceasefire agreement on Monday, edging them closer to a final deal to end a 15-month conflict that has ravaged the world’s newest country, me…
Sex offence trial of ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn opens
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief tipped to become French president before a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011, went on trial in France on Monday in a separate case of alleged procuring of pr…
Tunisian PM-designate proposes new coalition cabinet
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian prime minister-designate Habib Essid proposed a new coalition cabinet on Monday including secularists, Islamists and smaller parties, after politicians rejected a line-up announced last week as unrepresentative.
Merkel to visit Obama and Canada’s Harper to ready G7 summit
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Washington and Ottawa next week for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the G7 summit that Germany will host in June, Merkel’s office said on Mon…
After Obama visit, India’s Modi heads to China by end of May
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China before his first anniversary in government on May 26, the foreign ministry said on Monday, in the latest symbolic move by the nationalist leader to cement India’s ties with the world’s…
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northwestern Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 rattled northwestern Argentina on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
