Bomber kills 11 Shi’ite pilgrims north of Baghdad: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 23 others when he detonated explosives in a crowd of Shi’ite pilgrims walking north of Baghdad to the shrine city of Samarra, police and medical officials said.
Three Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed near Pakistan border
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), sent to reinforce border police, were killed in an attack in the southeast of Iran near Pakistan, according to Iranian media reports on Monday.
Cameroon says fights off Boko Haram attacks, kills 41 militants
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s army killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria over the weekend in an escalation in the conflict, the government said.
Lebanese army disperses youths protesting near border town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers fired into the air to disperse a protest on Monday against security measures near a town close to the Syrian border, a security source and the state news agency reported.
Special Report: Their nation in pieces, Iraqis ponder what comes next
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE, Iraq (Reuters) – The machine gun poking out from between a framed portrait of a Shi’ite imam and a stuffed toy Minnie Mouse was trained on anyone who approached the checkpoint.
Ukraine’s parliament approves 2015 budget
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament backed a budget for 2015 on Monday that it had been under pressure to approve to secure the next tranche of financial aid under a $17 billion International Monetary Fund loan package, the Interfax news agency repor…
Obama: Iran has ‘chance to get right with the world’ – NPR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran could become a “very successful regional power” if Tehran agrees to a long-term deal to curb its nuclear program, President Barack Obama said in an interview with NPR News.
Storm forces Turkey to shut Dardanelles to tankers, cancel flights
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey shut its Dardanelles Strait to tankers and its flag carrier canceled some domestic and international flights in and out of Istanbul due to a storm.
Fire damages Swedish mosque in second suspected arson attack
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Fire ripped through a Swedish mosque early on Monday in the second suspected arson attack on a Muslim center in four days in a country caught up in a fierce debate on immigration.
Russia’s Lavrov sees chance to solve Ukraine crisis in 2015: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sees a real opportunity to solve the Ukraine crisis in 2015, Interfax news agency quoted him as saying on Monday.
