Britain says not making contingency plans for Scottish independence
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is not making contingency plans for the possibility that Scots will vote for independence on Sept. 18, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
Russia, U.S. to hold talks on 1987 arms accord
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian and U.S. officials will meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss a 1987 arms control treaty whose future could be in doubt.
Peacekeepers in Somalia use aid to rape women and buy sex for $5: HRW
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia rape women seeking medicine on their bases and routinely pay teenage girls for sex, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
Israeli cult leader convicted of sexual crimes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cult leader alleged by prosecutors to have kept 21 wives under his spell for years was convicted on Monday of sexual crimes but acquitted of charges of enslavement.
India and Pakistan leaders lower cudgels as floods ravage Kashmir
SRINAGAR/MUZAFFARABAD (Reuters) – The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have offered to help each other in efforts to alleviate flood havoc in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, lowering tension between the rival nations after weeks of army …
Turkey in missile talks with France after China disagreements: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was in talks with France on the purchase of a long-range missile defense system after disagreements with China, which was originally awarded the tender.
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
DONETSK/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardizing a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces …
Somali Islamist rebels pledge allegiance to new leader
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Rebels of the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab have pledged allegiance to their new leader after his predecessor was killed and said their enemies would reap the “bitter fruits” of revenge after Ahmed Godane’s killing, a spokesman…
Gunmen kill senior Pakistani military official from Shi’ite minority
MULTAN Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen have killed three people, including a senior military official, at a mosque frequented by minority Shi’ite worshippers in the Pakistani city of Sargodha, police said on Monday.
Saudi jails six for going abroad to fight
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court jailed six people for up to six years for security offences including traveling abroad to fight, adopting militant ideology and “breaking obedience to the ruler”, state media reported late on…
