Cameroon education minister arrested for suspected embezzlement
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, a court official and state radio in the central African nation said on Monday.
Six killed in blast in Kenyan capital: emergency services
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An explosion in an area of Kenya’s capital Nairobi that is popular with Somalis killed six people and wounded several others on Monday, the National Disaster Operations Centre said.
Italian PM Renzi: If Senate reform is blocked, I’ll quit
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tied his political future on Monday to a reform package aimed at creating more stable government by stripping the upper house of parliament of key functions and concentrating power in the lower chamb…
France’s Hollande names new PM, pledges tax cuts after poll rout
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande named centrist Interior Minister Manuel Valls as his new prime minister on Monday, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault who quit after ruling Socialists were trounced in local French elections.
U.N. chief warns against aiding Central African Republic militias
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday against any support or facilitation of violence by armed groups in Central African Republic after Chadian troops were accused of opening fire on civilians and killing at lea…
Kerry meets with Lavrov on Ukraine, urges troop pullback
PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks on Sunday about ways to defuse the crisis over Ukraine, with Kerry telling Moscow that progress depended on a Russian troop pullback from …
U.S. could free Israeli spy in deal to save peace talks: source close to talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli spy serving a life sentence in the United States and groups of Palestinian prisoners could be freed under an emerging deal to salvage Middle East peace talks, sources close to the negotiations said on Monday.
Hague Court sets new trial date for Kenyan president
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court set a new date for the opening of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trial on Monday, saying the October 7 start would give the Kenyan government more time to provide evidence in the case.
Former Italian PM Berlusconi acquitted in Unipol takeover case
MILAN (Reuters) – An appeals court on Monday acquitted former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi due to the statute of limitations in a case related to a 2005 attempt by insurer Unipol to take over bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL).
Guinness record-setting mural gives Damascenes diversion from war
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A group of Syrian artists in Damascus has created the world’s biggest mural made of recycled materials, a rare work aimed at brightening public space in a city sapped by war and sanctions.
