Exclusive: Syrian opposition sets deadline for Iran peace talks invite withdrawal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition body, the National Coalition, will not attend peace talks in Switzerland scheduled for this week unless the United Nations retracts its invitation to Iran by 2:00 PM EST on Monday, a senior coalition member …
Baghdad bomb blasts kill 26, Iraqi troops fight Sunni rebels
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Seven bomb explosions killed 26 people and wounded 67 in the Iraqi capital on Monday, police and medics said, as security forces battled Sunni Muslim militants around the western cities of Falluja and Ramadi.
Hong Kong woman held on suspicion of abusing Indonesian maids
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong woman was arrested on Monday on suspicion of abusing her Indonesian maids in a case that has sparked widespread outrage and drawn fresh attention to the risks faced by the migrant community.
Thai government considers state of emergency after weekend violence
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities are “very seriously” considering a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the capital where protesters have been trying for more than two months to bring down the government, the security chief said on Mo…
Five killed by snipers in Lebanon’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Five people have been killed by sniper fire since Saturday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, medical and security sources said.
Italy’s Renzi to spell out reform deal with Berlusconi
ROME (Reuters) – Italian centre-left leader Matteo Renzi can expect a hostile reception from sections of his Democratic Party (PD) when he gives details on Monday of an electoral reform pact with opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi.
Missionary Bae jailed in North Korea ‘wants U.S. to help him get home’: Kyodo
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae, imprisoned in reclusive North Korea for more than a year, said on Monday he wants to return to his family as soon as possible and hopes the United States will help, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported…
Second Taliban bomb attack kills 13 near Pakistan army HQ
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed 13 people in a crowded market near the Pakistani army headquarters on Monday, a day after the Taliban killed 20 soldiers near the largely lawless, tribal region of North Waziristan, polic…
Delhi’s ‘anarchic’ chief minister in protest standoff with police
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – New Delhi’s chief minister and his supporters launched a sit-in against the city police on Monday, creating traffic chaos and a standoff with hundreds of officers in the latest radical step by the anti-graft crusader who has shake…
Vietnam mass drugs trial sentences 30 to death, jails dozens
HANOI (Reuters) – Judges in northern Vietnam condemned 30 people to death and jailed dozens more on Monday for trafficking over 12 tons of heroin, delivering the verdict outdoors in what was the Communist country’s biggest-ever drugs trial.
