UAE to try nine for recruiting militants to fight in Syria: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has referred nine expatriate Arabs to a state security court on charges of joining al Qaeda, collecting donations and recruiting fighters for al-Nusra Front in Syria, state news agency WAM reported on Monday.
China investigates corruption inspector for corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is investigating a corruption inspector for corruption, China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on Monday, as an anti-graft campaign intensifies.
Iraq’s Maliki wins at least 94 parliament seats in national election
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nouri Maliki won the largest share of Iraqi parliamentary seats in last month’s national elections, dealing a blow to Shi’ite, Sunni and Kurdish rivals who opposed his serving a third term.
Chile’s Bachelet to send key education reform to Congress
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s president Michelle Bachelet will send her landmark education reform package to Congress on Tuesday, making good on one of her key campaign promises that could define the success of the socialist’s second four-year term in o…
India’s defeated Congress party rejects Gandhi resignation offer
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul on Monday offered to step down as leaders of India’s Congress party after it suffered its worst ever election defeat, but in a bid to snuff out dissent against the country’s leading political dynasty…
Turkish police detonate suspicious package near U.S. embassy: local media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police detonated a suspicious package near the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Monday, according to local media.
Germany says Turkey’s Erdogan welcome despite mounting criticism
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has rejected calls for Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to cancel his visit to Cologne on Saturday, when he is due to address almost 20,000 supporters in what could amount to a de facto rally for Turkey’s presidential p…
Chinese workers abducted from Myanmar mine are freed
YANGON (Reuters) – Community activists on Monday evening freed two contractors working for a Chinese company operating a copper mine in central Myanmar that is the subject of a long-running land dispute.
Vatican Bank reforms prompt jump in reports of suspicious activity
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Reports of suspicious financial transactions at the Vatican leapt to 202 in 2013 from six the previous year, its Financial Information Authority (AIF) said on Monday, attributing the rise to keener vigilance prompted by reforms…
Britain’s anti-EU party buys advert to deny racism before Europe vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) on Monday took out an advert in a national newspaper to assert it was not racist as rival politicians and the media united to condemn its characterization of Romanian immigrants.
