Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes off Kermadec Islands, no tsunami alert
LONDON (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands at a depth of 5 km (3 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said on Monday.
Greece appoints lawyer as top tax official
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s government named lawyer Katerina Savvaidou as the country’s top tax official on Monday after her predecessor abruptly resigned under a cloud, causing concern among the country’s international lenders.
Israel detains 37 more Palestinians in West Bank crackdown
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Israel’s army said on Monday it had detained another 37 Palestinians overnight as it searched for three missing teenagers and extended a crackdown on the Hamas Islamist group it accuses of kidnapping them.
Polish minister says Cameron incompetent or reckless on EU: magazine
WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) – Poland’s foreign minister said that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s policy on Europe was either reckless or incompetent, according to a secretly recorded conversation published by a Polish magazine on Monday.
Italy arrests 95 in mafia dragnet, solves century-old murder
PALERMO Italy (Reuters) – Italian police targeting historic mafia families arrested 95 people on Monday for extortion, drug trafficking and money laundering, and in the process they may also have solved the century-old mob murder of a New York detectiv…
South African officials arrested over Mandela memorial ‘fraud’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president Nelson Mandela, police said.
Platinum union declares end to South Africa’s longest strike
RUSTENBURG South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa’s AMCU union declared a five-month platinum strike “officially over” on Monday as thousands of miners roared their approval when leader Joseph Mathunjwa asked if they wanted to end the longest work stopp…
No sign of surrender as Iraq’s Maliki fights for political life
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In eight years in power, Iraq’s prime minister Nuri al-Maliki has never faced such a threat. Swathes of his country have fallen to Sunni insurgents. Rivals are seeking his downfall. Foreign sponsors in Washington and Tehran are wary…
At least eight killed, 20 wounded in blast at Nigerian college
KANO Nigeria (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded by an explosion at a college campus in the heart of the northern Nigerian city of Kano during school hours on Monday, police said.
Afghan election officer quits, opens way for Abdullah to return to race
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who pulled out of the race alleging vote-rigging, indicated he might return after a senior election official resigned on Monday.
