India kicks off world’s biggest election in remote northeast
DIBRUGARH, India (Reuters) – The first Indians cast their votes on Monday in the world’s biggest election, with Hindu nationalist opposition candidate Narendra Modi holding a strong lead but likely to fall short of a majority.
Weeping Rwandans told ‘never again’ 20 years after genocide
KIGALI (Reuters) – The United Nations chief told a packed stadium of sombre and weeping Rwandans on Monday the world would “never again” let genocide tear their nation apart, at a ceremony marking 20 years since 800,000 people were butchered.
UK ex-minister urges amnesty in Northern Ireland conflict
LONDON (Reuters) – An amnesty should be offered to all those involved in 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland, a former British government minister said, ahead of a state visit by the Irish president that will highlight improved ties between London…
Two foreign UN workers killed in Somalia
BOSASSO (Reuters) – A Briton and a Frenchman working for the United Nations were shot dead on Monday at an airport in north central Somalia, officials said.
Fighting in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon kills eight
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed in fighting on Monday between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon, Lebanese and Palestinian medical sources said.
Israel, Palestinians seek another meeting Monday: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held “serious and constructive” talks Sunday and asked the United States to convene another meeting on Monday, a U.S. State Department official said.
Pakistani forces kill 30 separatists in Baluchistan: official
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces killed 30 separatist militants on Monday in an offensive in Baluchistan, a senior official said, in one of the biggest clashes in months in the gas-rich province.
Spain busts group accused of plans to send arms machinery to Iran
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain said on Monday it had dismantled a group it accused of plotting to send industrial equipment to Iran that could be used for weapon manufacture in violation of international sanctions.
France says Southern Libya now a ‘viper’s nest’ for Islamist militants
PARIS (Reuters) – Southern Libya has become a “viper’s nest” for Islamist militants and the only way to tackle it is with a strong collective response from neighbouring countries, France’s defence minister said in remarks published on Monday.
Protests in eastern Ukraine aimed at bringing in Russian troops, warns PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Protests in eastern Ukraine in which pro-Russian activists seized public buildings in three cities are part of a plan to destabilize Ukraine and bring in Russian troops, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday.
