Wrong to expel top rights expert, U.N. envoy tells Congo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday publicly rebuked the Kinshasa government for expelling the top U.N. human rights official, as the Congolese ambassador accused the official of “offens…
Uruguay’s Vazquez in strong position in election runoff
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Leftist ruling party candidate Tabare Vazquez is in a strong position to win Uruguay’s presidential election race after taking a big lead in the first round of voting, official results showed on Monday.
Canada must do more to thwart radical threat, security officials say
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s national police told a parliamentary committee on Monday the government must do more to stop homegrown radicals, such as those who killed two soldiers on home soil last week, from going overseas for militant trai…
Spain central government moves to block new Catalan vote
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s central government took the first step on Monday towards blocking a “consultation of citizens” that the Catalonia region intends to hold next month in the place of a full referendum on independence from Spain that was barred …
U.S. and EU hail pro-West election outcome in Ukraine, Russia guarded
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and to steer the country further away from Russia’s orbit towards mainstream Europe.
British PM Cameron rushed to his car by bodyguards after man confronts him
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron was bundled into his official car by his bodyguards on Monday after a member of the public ran into him in what looked like a serious security breach, video footage showed.
Netanyahu to expedite plans for 1,000 new settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will expedite planning for some 1,000 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in a bid to placate a restive coalition ally without further aggravating a disp…
Suicide bomber kills 27 militiamen south of Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 27 Shi’ite militiamen outside the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar on Monday after security forces pushed Islamic State militants out of the area over the weekend, army and police sources said.
Rousseff win rattles Brazil markets, focus turns to economy
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s narrow re-election victory met with cold reality on Monday as Brazil’s financial markets tumbled on doubts that she can restore confidence in the economy and maintain political support in a sharply divid…
U.N. rights investigator ‘shocked’ by latest Iran execution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights investigator on Monday expressed shock at Iran’s weekend execution of a 26-year-old woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager, saying he had repeatedly voiced conce…
