Russia signals opposition to Western-backed Syria aid plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signaled on Monday that Russia would oppose a U.N. resolution authorizing cross-border aid deliveries to Syria if it threatened to enforce it by military action.
Russia’s Gazprom gives Kiev extension into next week in gas dispute
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom gave Ukraine on Monday an extension into next week to resolve a gas price dispute at the heart of the two countries’ confrontation, a day before Moscow was due to switch off the gas unless Kiev paid in advance.
Afghanistan attacks kill three Turks, three police
KABUL (Reuters) – Three Turkish construction workers were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police building in east Afghanistan and three policemen were killed in an attack in the south, officials said.
Taliban recruit young fighters as attacks rise ahead of Afghan vote
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents intent on disrupting a run-off in the Afghan presidential election have begun recruiting fighters from radical Islamic schools, and ramped up their campaign of violence, officials and sources say.
Palestinian President Abbas swears in unity government
RAMALLAH, West Bank, (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a unity government on Monday after overcoming a last-minute dispute with the Hamas Islamist group.
Pro-Russia militia attack Ukraine border post
Kiev (Reuters) – A fierce battle was underway on Monday in Ukraine’s rebellious east after a pro-Russian militia attacked a Ukrainian border post with automatic weapons and grenade launchers in the early hours.
Grisly murders highlight social strains in Modi’s India
KATRA SHAHADATGANJ India (Reuters) – When a farm laborer in this hardscrabble village in northern India went to the police last week to report that his daughter and her cousin had gone missing, a constable slapped him in the face and sent him away.
Qaeda says kills ‘spies’ for aiding U.S. drone strikes in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) said it had executed four men accused of planting electronic chips in vehicles to help U.S. drones track insurgents in Yemen, in a video posted on a Yemeni news website and seen by Reuters on M…
South Korea polls widely seen as vote on handling of ferry disaster
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans elect new local representatives on Wednesday in elections widely seen as a barometer of President Park Geun-hye’s response to a ferry disaster in April that killed more than 300 people, most of them children from the sam…
Philippines arrests Muslim rebel over killing of U.S. troops
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces have arrested a Muslim rebel responsible for the death of two U.S. servicemen in a September 2009 roadside bombing on the remote southern island of Jolo, a police general said on Monday.
