Australian spies tried to tap Indonesian president’s phone calls: media reports
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s spy agencies attempted to listen in on the mobile phone conversations of Indonesia’s president and targeted the mobile phones of his wife and senior ministers, Australian media reported on Monday, citing documents leaked …
Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds
AMMAN (Reuters) – A prominent Syrian rebel leader has died from wounds suffered in an air raid on the city of Aleppo, in a blow to the armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, activists said on Monday.
Egypt train crash kills 20 people
CAIRO (Reuters) – More than 20 people died and another 20 injured when a train crashed into a pickup truck and a minibus near Cairo, the state news agency MENA said early on Monday.
Eight members of one family killed in northern Mexico: media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eight family members, including three children, were killed in their home on Sunday in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, local media reported.
Turkey’s Kemalists see secularist legacy under threat
ANKARA (Reuters) – For decades his picture dominated Turkey, piercing blue eyes staring from hoardings, keeping watch over city streets and army barracks. Schoolyards echoed every morning to his oath:
Two Muslim converts due in court over British soldier’s killing
LONDON (Reuters) – Two Muslim converts accused of hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street go on trial this week in a case that has shocked many in Britain.
Libya’s deputy spy chief kidnapped at airport
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s deputy intelligence chief was kidnapped outside Tripoli’s international airport on Sunday, a month after the prime minister was snatched by militiamen.
Bachelet has big lead in Chile election but may face runoff
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Leftist candidate Michelle Bachelet was the clear winner in Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, although she may have to wait until a second round runoff next month to seal her victory.
‘Alarming exploitation’ of workers in Qatar: Amnesty
(Reuters) – Qatar’s construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are “treated like cattle” and live in squalid accommodation exposed to overflowing sewage, Amnesty International said in a report on Sunday.
Cameroon says army repulses attack from Central African Republic
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Assailants from the Central African Republic raided a village in eastern Cameroon but the army repulsed the attack, killing five gunmen, Cameroon Defense Minister Edgar Allain Mebe Ngo’o said on Sunday.
