Murders in El Salvador spike to record high for May
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Murders in El Salvador shot up in May, surpassing previous homicide rates in one of the world’s deadliest countries and pushing the president to claim criminal groups were trying to destabilize the government.
Eastern Libya oil rebel rejects new government
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The leader of the protesters occupying Libyan oil ports said on Monday he did not recognize Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq’s new government and suggested a previously agreed deal to end his blockade could be in jeopardy.
Nigeria military says knows where girls are, rules out force
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quoted Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh as saying on Monday.
Sisi closes on presidency on final day of Egypt vote
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt’s next president, with supporters seeing him as the man who can pull the Arab world’s most populous nation back from…
Battle at Donetsk airport; new Ukraine leader says no talks with ‘terrorists’
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine launched air strikes and a paratrooper assault against pro-Russian rebels who seized an airport on Monday, as its newly elected leader rejected any talks with “terrorists” and said a robust military campaign in…
Euroskeptic election surge gives EU a headache
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Stunning victories in European Parliament elections by nationalist, Euroskeptic parties from France and Britain left the European Union licking its wounds on Monday and facing a giant policy dilemma.
French UMP party official admits funding irregularities
PARIS (Reuters) – A senior official in France’s UMP party acknowledged on Monday that “anomalies” had occurred to cover the costs of Nicolas Sarkozy’s failed 2012 election campaign, in a scandal that threatens to damage the party.
Gunmen kill four soldiers southeast of Nigeria’s Jos: official
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen killed four Nigerian soldiers on Monday in an ambush on a military patrol in central Plateau state, about 180 km (110 miles) southeast of Jos, a local government official said.
Amnesty International in Spain receives suspicious envelope
MADRID (Reuters) – The Madrid office of the human rights group Amnesty International received an envelope on Monday containing a suspicious substance, the city’s emergency services said, adding they were preventively securing the area and attending sta…
Mind your own business, Venezuela foreign minister tells Kerry
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s foreign minister on Monday rebuked his U.S. counterpart, John Kerry, for criticizing the handling of street protests and reiterated accusations Washington wants to topple the socialist government.
