Five nuclear engineers, one of them Iranian, killed in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five nuclear engineers, four of them Syrian and one Iranian, on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, a monitoring group said on Monday.
Nearly third of Indian cabinet charged with crimes, despite Modi pledge
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Attempted murder, waging war on the state, criminal intimidation and fraud are some of the charges on the rap sheets of ministers Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed to the cabinet on Sunday, jarring with his pledge to c…
Spain’s Catalans vote to secede in symbolic ballot, but turnout low
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Close to two million Catalans voted on Sunday in favor of seceding from Spain, the regional government said, in a symbolic referendum that supporters hope will fuel the independence debate despite opposition from Madrid.
Iranian-built copy of U.S. drone takes first flight: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
French opposition calls for top Hollande aide to step down
PARIS (Reuters) – Calls grew on Monday for President Francois Hollande’s top Elysee official to resign after the aide gave contradictory accounts of a conversation with an opposition politician about ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s legal woes.
Japan PM Abe’s approval rating sags amid talk of snap election
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s approval rating fell in a public opinion poll published on Monday amid speculation the government is considering calling a snap election.
Court to give verdict in case of doomed South Korea ferry
GWANGJU South Korea (Reuters) – A South Korean court is set to rule on whether the captain of a ferry that capsized killing more than 300 people, most of them children on a school trip, should be put to death for culpable homicide in a case that trigge…
UK’s Cameron says backs united Spain after symbolic Catalan vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants Spain to stay united and any referendum to decide whether Catalonia becomes independent should be done through the proper constitutional framework, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
Thailand to push back more than 200 boat people: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than 200 boat people held in southern Thailand will be pushed back out to sea, police said on Monday, despite calls by rights group to stop a policy that puts would-be asylum seekers at risk.
Romanian foreign minister resigns in election row
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean resigned on Monday, a day after thousands of people rallied in support of compatriots abroad who were turned away as they tried to vote in the first round of a presidential election.
