Britain says will not block sales of tear gas to Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that it had decided not to block the sale of tear gas to Hong Kong, having reviewed its export policy after police there used the gas against pro-democracy protesters in September.
EU targets Ukraine separatists but is split on more Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments moved to put more Ukrainian separatists under asset freezes and travel bans on Monday but took no action to step up economic sanctions on Russia despite voicing alarm about an upsurge of violence in Ukrai…
Frenchman seen in Islamic State video of beheadings
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – A Frenchman is believed to have appeared in a video of Islamic State jihadists beheading Syrian soldiers and displaying the severed head of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, but a British man denied earlier reports that his medical…
Iraqis show no sign of uniting in response to massacre of Sunni tribe
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State’s systematic massacre of hundreds of Iraq’s Albu Nimr tribe should have been an unmistakable wake up call for a country that may not be able to stabilize without long-term support from Sunni tribesmen.
U.S. ‘disappointed’ with Iran’s IAEA cooperation ahead of nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States is disappointed with Iran’s failure to engage with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation into suspected atomic bomb research, a U.S. envoy said on Monday.
Isolated at G20, Putin shows he will do it his way in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – It may have looked in the West like Russian President Vladimir Putin fled this weekend’s G20 summit early with his tail between his legs after being berated over Ukraine.
Nigeria seeks to extend emergency laws in insurgency-hit states
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will ask the national assembly to extend a state of emergency in three northeastern states hit by an Islamist insurgency when it expires this week, the justice minister said on Monday.
Nine dead in Thai military helicopter crash
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai military helicopter carrying nine army personnel has crashed in northern Thailand killing all on board, an army spokesman said on Monday.
Bosnia’s new leadership takes shape, faces pressure to reform
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s new presidential triumvirate took office on Monday in a first step to forming a government the West hopes will press economic reforms to help unblock stalled efforts to join the European Union.
U.S. targets Islamic militants with more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq: Central Command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military forces conducted 11 air strikes against Islamic militants in Syria and 20 in Iraq since Friday, Central Command said on Monday.
