Albanian police exchange fire with heavily armed cannabis growers
TIRANA (Reuters) – Police raided a cannabis plantation in a lawless Albanian village on Monday, exchanging fire with locals who responded with anti-tank grenades and heavy machineguns.
Egypt’s new government adds investment minister, other changes
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb appointed veteran banker Ashraf Salman as investment minister on Monday in a limited cabinet reshuffle that also replaced the foreign and international cooperation ministers.
Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist on hunger strike
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the release on Monday on medical grounds of Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Al-Shamy, who had been on hunger strike for more than 130 days in protest over his detention, a statement from the prosecutor…
Barrel bomb attacks in Syria’s Aleppo kill 25 – monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 25 people were killed in barrel bomb attacks in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Monday, a monitoring group said.
Italy’s 5-Star Movement makes first overture to PM Renzi
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment party, 5-Star Movement, said it was willing to drop its opposition to working with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi over electoral reforms if its own proposals are considered.
Suspected Islamists kill 22 in northeast Nigeria -police
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least 22 people at a village market in remote northeast Nigeria, a security official said on Monday, in what was likely the latest attack by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
Pakistan jets strike insurgents in full-scale offensive
MIRANSHAH Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani fighter jets pounded North Waziristan on Monday, a day after the army announced the start of a full-scale drive to flush Islamist insurgents out of the volatile region bordering Afghanistan.
At least 22 killed in attack on northeast Nigerian village: police
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed when gunmen stormed a village in northeast Nigeria, a security official said on Monday, adding it was likely the work of militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
China executes 13 people for “terrorist” attacks in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – China executed 13 people on Monday for “terrorist attacks” in the far western region of Xinjiang, state media said, while another three were sentenced to death for a lethal attack at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
Abdullah says fraud gave his rival a million vote lead in Afghan vote
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday his opponent’s apparent million-vote lead in the second round of national elections at the weekend was due to massive fraud.
