WikiLeaks’ Assange hopes to exit London embassy if UK lets him
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has spent over two years in Ecuador’s London embassy to avoid a sex crimes inquiry in Sweden, said on Monday he planned to leave the building “soon”, but Britain signaled it would still arrest hi…
Landmark Brazil poll contains good news for Rousseff
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Although a new poll shows Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff suddenly facing a tougher road to re-election, she also saw a sharp recovery in her approval ratings and resilient voter support through what will likely be the campaign…
German spying report angers Turkey, embarrasses Berlin
BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) – The German government faced an angry reaction from Turkey and accusations of hypocrisy from its own opposition on Monday after media reports that its intelligence agency spied on its NATO ally.
Syrian forces hit Islamic State in Raqqa, destroy water plant
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces struck Islamic State positions in and around the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, residents said on Monday, part of a growing campaign against hardline militants who control a third of the country.
Israel destroys homes of Palestinians suspected of killing Israeli teens
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said.
British government denies report into Muslim Brotherhood delayed
(Reuters) – The British government denied on Monday a media report that it had delayed publication of an investigation into Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood because of disagreements among ministers over its findings.
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
KIEV/BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists denied responsibility.
As Gaza war subsides, a battle over how it is investigated
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Even before starting work as chairman of a U.N. human rights commission investigating the Gaza war, Canadian law professor William Schabas has been vilified as an apologist for Iran incapable of setting aside his perceived anti-Is…
Russian court jails opponents of Putin on rioting charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Four Russians detained during a protest against President Vladimir Putin were sentenced to prison terms on Monday after a trial critics say is part of a Kremlin campaign to stifle dissent while all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis.
Japan suspect in Thai ‘baby factory’ scandal hands over DNA samples
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The lawyer of a Japanese man suspected of having fathered at least 12 babies using Thai surrogate mothers submitted DNA samples to Thai police on Monday in a bid to clear his name.
