Dutch experts help recover MH17 crash items despite nearby clashes
HRABOVE Ukraine (Reuters) – Four Dutch experts and local emergency services made a start on Monday recovering personal belongings from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17 last summer in east Ukraine, carting away boxes of personal possessions desp…
Pistorius should get house arrest, community service, social worker says
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African track star Oscar Pistorius should serve three years of partial house arrest and community service for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, a witness said on Monday at the first day of the athlete’s sentencing.
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process at risk amid fury over Syrian town
DIYARBAKIR Turkey (Reuters) – Windows shattered by looting protesters, the largest city in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast shows plenty of signs of the violence that swept it last week, but optimism over a fragile peace process with Kurdish guerrilla…
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa compound
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police came under a barrage of rocks and flares from Palestinians in clashes in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest shrine in Islam, on Monday and four protesters were arrested.
Britain summons Thai envoy over backpacker murders
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has summoned the Thai charge d’affaires in London to raise concerns over the police investigation into the murder of two British backpackers in Thailand, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
German student shot by police in Mexican state of Guerrero
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A German student was shot and wounded when police in southwest Mexico opened fire on the vehicle he was traveling in, authorities said on Monday, the latest violence involving security forces.
Bolivia’s Morales to stick to pragmatic leftist policies in new term
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales, who easily won a third term in a weekend election, said on Monday he would stick to his brand of pragmatic socialism, respecting private property while expanding the state’s role in the economy.
Three suicide attacks hit Kurdish town on Syria-Turkey border
AMMAN (Reuters) – Three Islamic State fighters blew themselves up on Monday in Kobani near the Turkish border with Syria, a monitoring group said, with the hardline militants making slight advances inside the besieged Kurdish town.
Berlin and Paris seek reform proposals to avert policy clash
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German and French economy ministers have asked experts in Berlin and Paris to come up with reform recommendations for both countries in an apparent attempt to avert a full-blown clash between the euro zone heavyweights over econo…
Authors see chance for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations
HAVANA (Reuters) – The authors of a new book detailing 55 years of informal communications between the United States and Cuba see a rare opportunity to normalize relations, provided President Barack Obama wants to seize the moment.
