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.
Palestinian driver found hanged in Jerusalem bus
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged in his vehicle on Monday, an incident that led to stone-throwing protests by Palestinians suspecting foul play but which Israeli police, citing autopsy results, termed a suicide.
Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will double to one kilometre (0.62 mile) the depth of a security buffer zone it is clearing on its border with the Gaza Strip after some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown last year.
Embattled Somali PM tells ministers to resign if they are unhappy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister told cabinet ministers on Monday to resign if they are unhappy, intensifying a dispute which has stymied efforts to rebuild the country after decades of war.
