U.N. seeks surveillance drones for Mali, shelves plans for Ivory Coast
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations has shelved plans to deploy surveillance drones as part of its peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast due to improved security, but is now seeking a company to provide the unarmed aircraft for its peacekeeping…
Iran prods Pakistan leader on U.S. ties, security, pipeline
DUBAI (Reuters) – Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran urged Pakistan on Monday to avoid “wicked” U.S. influence and build stronger ties with Tehran, blaming Washington for rising sectarian violence in the Iranian-Pakistani border region that …
Israel holds man suspected by U.S. of breaking Iran arms embargo
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Monday detained a citizen suspected by the United States of illegally selling military hardware to Iran and a Jerusalem judge has initially ordered him held for two days, according to court papers.
Spanish county council chief dies after being shot in Leon
MADRID (Reuters) – Isabel Carrasco, the conservative People’s Party president of the county council of Leon in northern Spain, was shot dead on Monday while walking through Leon city, Spanish police said.
Anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats struggle to rouse voters for EU polls
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats are struggling to mobilize voters before EU parliamentary elections this month despite polls showing similar parties elsewhere heading for their best results ever.
Migrant boat carrying hundreds sinks south of Sicily, at least 14 dead
ROME (Reuters) – Italian naval and coast guard vessels recovered 14 bodies and rescued around 200 people after a migrant boat sank in the sea between Libya and southern Sicily, authorities said on Monday, a day after dozens were drowned in a similar in…
IAEA and Iran end nuclear talks, no word on outcome
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran ended a meeting on Monday without giving statements on the outcome, leaving unclear whether progress was made in efforts to help allay international concern over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Car bomb kills at least 12 people in Somalia: police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least 12 people, including Somali soldiers and civilians, on Monday in a city that was once a stronghold of al Qaeda-linked rebels, police said.
Modi on course to be India’s next leader, exit polls show
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India’s next prime minister, four major exit polls showed on Monday, with his opposition party and its allies forecast to sweep to a parliamentary majority in the world’s biggest ev…
Chad closes border with Central African Republic
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s President Idriss Deby said its border with Central African Republic had been closed pending an end to intercommunal violence there that has killed thousands and forced nearly one million people to flee their homes.
