Egypt jails Al Jazeera journalists, U.S. calls sentences ‘chilling’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years each by an Egyptian judge on Monday, in what Washington called “chilling, draconian sentences” that must be reversed.
Spain High Court dismisses China rights cases
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court on Monday dismissed two judicial investigations into alleged cases of genocide and human rights violations by Chinese authorities under a new law that limits Spanish judges from probing international cases.
Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes off Kermadec Islands, no damage reported
LONDON (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no initial reports of any damage.
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…
