India’s defeated Congress party rejects Gandhi resignation offer
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul on Monday offered to step down as leaders of India’s Congress party after it suffered its worst ever election defeat, but in a bid to snuff out dissent against the country’s leading political dynasty…
Turkish police detonate suspicious package near U.S. embassy: local media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police detonated a suspicious package near the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Monday, according to local media.
Germany says Turkey’s Erdogan welcome despite mounting criticism
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has rejected calls for Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to cancel his visit to Cologne on Saturday, when he is due to address almost 20,000 supporters in what could amount to a de facto rally for Turkey’s presidential p…
Chinese workers abducted from Myanmar mine are freed
YANGON (Reuters) – Community activists on Monday evening freed two contractors working for a Chinese company operating a copper mine in central Myanmar that is the subject of a long-running land dispute.
Vatican Bank reforms prompt jump in reports of suspicious activity
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Reports of suspicious financial transactions at the Vatican leapt to 202 in 2013 from six the previous year, its Financial Information Authority (AIF) said on Monday, attributing the rise to keener vigilance prompted by reforms…
Britain’s anti-EU party buys advert to deny racism before Europe vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s UK Independence Party (UKIP) on Monday took out an advert in a national newspaper to assert it was not racist as rival politicians and the media united to condemn its characterization of Romanian immigrants.
Forgotten migrants who don’t sail to Europe from Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Europe is not the only place where sub-Saharan African migrants aim to start a new life. For years, oil-rich Libya was a magnet but with the country teetering on the edge of chaos they are finding it is no longer a promised land for…
Iran determined to solve nuclear crisis via negotiations: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran was committed to solving a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program through negotiations, despite the little progress achieved in the latest round of talks in Vienna last week.
Colombia’s Uribe tries to oust Santos with new presidential pick
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Since stepping down as Colombia’s president, Alvaro Uribe has spent much of the last four years fuming as his hand-picked successor turned against him and began peace talks with Marxist guerrillas.
Britain summons Sudan diplomat over death penalty for Christian convert
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain summoned the Sudanese charge d’affaires on Monday to protest against sentencing a pregnant woman to death for converting to Christianity.
