Former official accuses EU’s Barroso of ‘ambush’ in graft scandal
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – A former top European official challenged EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in court on Monday, declaring he was unfairly forced out of his job and maintaining his innocence in a graft scandal.
Lebanon charges 28 with planning suicide attacks: agency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Twenty-eight people have been charged with planning to carry out suicide bomb attacks and belonging to the militant group Islamic State, Lebanon’s state news agency said on Monday.
British government announces historical child abuse inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into historical child sex allegations stretching over several decades, Home Secretary Theresa May said on Monday.
Uganda says anti-gay bill misunderstood by donors who halted aid
KAMPALA (Reuters) – International donors who withheld aid over Uganda’s anti-gay bill “misinterpreted” the law whose main focus was to stop promotion of homosexuality to children and others, the government said on Tuesday.
Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious
BEIJING (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday allegations that a German man had worked as a double agent for U.S. intelligence were serious and, if true, were a clear contradiction of what cooperation between partners is supposed t…
UK finance minister fetes Modi, seeks business openings
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister George Osborne praised India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday for helping create a quick turnaround in investor sentiment, during a two-day trip aimed at opening up opportunities in defense and …
Kuwait court frees prominent opposition figure on bail-lawyer
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A prominent Kuwaiti opposition politician whose detention last week set off a wave of sometimes violent protests in the oil-rich Gulf Arab state was freed on bail on Monday, his lawyer said.
Afghan candidates in last minute talks to defuse election crisis
KABUL (Reuters) – Rival Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani held last-minute talks on Monday to try to resolve a standoff over the outcome of a troubled election, as officials once again delayed the announcement of prelimi…
China’s crackdown in restive Xinjiang nets 400 suspects
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has taken down more than 40 groups it calls “violent terror gangs” and arrested more than 400 people in its restive western region of Xinjiang since authorities began a crackdown in May, state media said on Monday.
Uganda says kills 60 gunmen, troops deployed near oil area
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s army said on Monday it had killed more than 60 gunmen who attacked police and army posts in the west on Saturday, while extra troops had been deployed to restore security in an area near the country’s new oil fields.
