EU official: gap with Iran over nuclear program can be narrowed
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Iran is far apart from the six world powers negotiating with it over scaling back its nuclear program, but that gap could be narrowed in talks next week, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday.
West widens contacts with Syria’s Kurds but suspicion remains
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The fight against Islamic State could at last win Syria’s Kurds the Western help they have sought, but they must first clarify their relationship to President Bashar al-Assad and reassure Turkey that they won’t cause trouble on its b…
Iran’s Leader Khamenei has successful prostate operation – state media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has successfully undergone prostate surgery, Iranian state media and his website said on Monday, in a rare public report on the state of his health.
African Union troops abused women on Somali bases: rights report
NAIROBI (Reuters) – African Union soldiers in Somalia have raped and sexually exploited women and girls on their peacekeeping bases in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday.
Suspects in Kenya mall attack say tortured in prison: lawyer
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Four men accused of helping al Qaeda-linked militants launch a deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last year have said they were tortured in prison and a state-funded rights body is investigating, a lawyer for two of them said …
Afghanistan’s Abdullah urges calm on Massoud anniversary amid election deadlock
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah urged his supporters to avoid violence on Tuesday’s anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, as a bitter feud with his rival over a disputed election showed no sign of res…
Bosnia mourns five coal miners killed by earthquake
ZENICA Bosnia (Reuters) – Thousands of Bosnians paid their last respects on Monday to five miners killed after an earthquake triggered a collapse at the Raspotocje mine and trapped 34 miners 500 meters below the surface.
London’s Luton Airport terminal evacuated after suspicious item found
LONDON (Reuters) – The terminal building at Britain’s Luton Airport, north of London, has been evacuated after a suspicious item was found, the police and airport said on Monday.
Nigeria says retakes Bama, blocks Boko Haram move on Borno state capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military has recaptured the flashpoint town of Bama in northeast Borno state from Boko Haram and blocked the Islamist militants’ advance towards the state capital Maiduguri, a senior official said on Monday.
Obama expands air strikes against Islamic State
BAGHDAD/TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. warplanes carried out five strikes on Islamic State insurgents menacing Iraq’s Haditha Dam on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, widening what President Barack Obama called a campaign to curb and ultimately defeat th…
