Honduras suspends cops assigned to U.S. embassy over missing drug cash
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – More than 20 police officers assigned to the U.S. embassy in Honduras have been suspended pending an investigation into their alleged involvement in skimming part of $12.5 million seized in a drug cartel bust, a government spoke…
Church sexual abuse crisis far from over, U.S. cardinal says
ROME (Reuters) – The U.S. cardinal who heads the Vatican’s commission on sexual abuse of children by clergy warned his fellow Roman Catholic bishops on Monday not to behave as if the problem had passed.
Under Xi, China’s defense budget seen defying economic slowdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping is expected to authorize robust defense spending for this year despite China’s slowing economy, determined to strengthen the country’s armed capabilities amid growing unease in Beijing at Washington’s renewed fo…
Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border.
Prostitutes in Strauss-Kahn sex trial withdraw damages claim
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Lawyers for the four prostitutes who participated in sex parties organized for Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday they were giving up their claim of damages, saying it would be too hard to prove the pimping charge against t…
Israeli election chief puts curbs on Netanyahu speech to Congress
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The head of Israel’s election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress, in which he will warn of the threat from Iran’s nuclear…
Violence against women is Turkey’s “bleeding wound” – Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s president on Monday described violence against women as the “bleeding wound” of the country after a woman was stabbed and beaten to death after trying to fight off a man trying to rape her.
French Socialists condemn ex-minister’s Jewish remark
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ruling Socialists rushed to condemn an aging former minister from among their ranks on Monday after he suggested Prime Minister Manuel Valls was probably acting under Jewish “influence”.
Egypt signs 5.2 billion-euro deal for French jets, ships and missiles
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt signed a 5.2 billion-euro deal to buy French weaponry on Monday, Egyptian media said, in a move Cairo hopes will boost its military power as fears grow of conflict in neighboring Libya spilling over its border.
Mali peace talks resume in Algiers, no end to hostilities
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali’s government and Tuareg-led rebels resumed U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Algeria on Monday in pursuit of an accord to end uprisings by separatists seeking more self-rule for the northern region they call Azawad.
