Death penalty fuels violence in Iraq, says U.N. report
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iraq should stop its widespread use of the death penalty, which is unjust, flawed and only fuels the violence it purports to deter, the United Nations said in a report on Sunday.
Croatian police arrest Zagreb mayor on corruption charges
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatian anti-graft police arrested the mayor of Zagreb, Milan Bandic, and several of his associates on Sunday on suspicion of corruption and abuse of office, Croatian media reported.
Bombings hit Baghdad Shi’te mosque, military convoy in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 19 at a funeral in Baghdad on Sunday as an ambush halted Iraqi forces’ advance on a key northern city controlled by Islamic State fighters.
Yemen’s Houthis dismantle Sanaa airport road camp, gunmen remain
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi group dismantled a protest camp blocking the country’s main airport in Sanaa on Sunday, authorities said, but was keeping its fighters on the streets of the recently seized capital.
Lufthansa pilots threaten eighth strike, train drivers stoppage strands millions
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – A German pilots’ union called for an eighth strike at Lufthansa on Monday and Tuesday adding to travelers’ misery after millions were left stranded by a weekend-long train drivers’ stoppage over pay and negotiation rights.
French forces detain suspects in Mali U.N. attack
DAKAR (Reuters) – French forces have detained three men and seized a large cache of arms which they believe were linked to a recent rocket attack on a U.N. base in northern Mali in which a Senegalese peacekeeper was killed, the French military said on …
Suicide bomber kills 19, wounds 28 outside Baghdad Shi’ite mosque
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 28 others on Sunday outside a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in western Baghdad, where mourners were attending a funeral, a police officer and medical official said.
What opportunity? Nordic equality fails to infiltrate corporate club
STOCKHOLM/OSLO/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – When it comes to equality at home and in the political arena, Nordic countries have long outperformed the rest of the world. But a look at their blue-chip companies reveals a gaping hole in the picture.
Sweden steps up hunt for ‘foreign underwater activity’
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden beefed up its military presence in the Stockholm archipelago on Saturday to scour its waters for “foreign underwater activity”, a mobilization of Swedish ships, troops and helicopters unseen since the Cold War.
U.N. rights official to return to Congo despite expulsion: spokesman
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official in the Democratic Republic of Congo has left the country after the government ordered his expulsion for publishing a report accusing the police of abuses, but a U.N. spokesman said on Sunday he wo…
