France expects U.N. Security Council to agree Syria resolution
NEW YORK (Reuters) – France said on Monday it expected the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce a chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to give up on its previous calls to have a resolution threatening force against Preside…
Egyptian court bans Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Monday banned deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a crippling strike in the campaign to crush the Islamist movement.
U.S. examines Kenya information about foreign link to mall attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are urgently looking into information given by the Kenyan government that residents of Western countries, including the United States, may have been among armed militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall over…
Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Islamist fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab held out at a Nairobi shopping center after killing at least 62 people, surrounded by Kenyan forces trying to crush their group’s cross-border jihad.
Kenya’s Interior Ministry says forces take over mall, all hostages freed
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials said early on Tuesday that their forces were “in control” of a mall in the capital where Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab launched a raid that has killed at least 62 people.
Triumphant Merkel starts tough task of seeking coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel began trying to persuade her centre-left rivals to keep her in power on Monday, after her conservatives notched up their best election result in more than two decades but fell short of an absolute majority.
U.S. examines Kenya information about foreigners in mall attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are urgently looking into information given by the Kenyan government that foreigners were among armed militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall over the weekend, killing at least 62 people, U.S. security sou…
Britain’s Labour leader woos squeezed voters before 2015 poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour leader Ed Miliband will stake his claim to replace Prime Minister David Cameron at the 2015 election on Tuesday with an attack on government cuts that he blames for the longest fall in living standards in more than a…
Greece investigates police links to far-right party after killing
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece suspended several senior police officers on Monday and launched an investigation into possible police links with a far-right party, after the killing of an anti-racism rapper raised concerns about the force.
Time for Iran statements to be matched with action: UK’s Hague
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday welcomed recent statements from Iran’s new government that it wants to improve relations with the West and ease concerns about its nuclear program but said words alone would n…