EU observers and U.N. mission praise Mali legislative vote
BAMAKO (Reuters) – European Union observers and the United Nation’s mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Monday praised the West African nation’s weekend legislative election, despite low turnout and some voting abuses.
Two bombs outside Baghdad cafe kill 17 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open in the Iraqi capital.
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko launches hunger strike: lawyer
KIEV (Reuters) – Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has launched a hunger strike to push President Viktor Yanukovich to sign a landmark trade agreement with the European Union, her lawyer said on Monday night.
Bangladesh to hold election on January 5, opposition protests
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will hold its national election on January 5, the Election Commission said on Monday, enraging the opposition, which took to the streets in protest and called for a blockade of roads, waterways and railways across the count…
Azerbaijan jails 29 people for plotting Islamist attacks
BAKU (Reuters) – An Azerbaijan court sentenced three members of a group it said was linked to al Qaeda to life in prison and 26 others to shorter jail terms after convicting them of plotting attacks on President Ilham Aliyev and other targets last year…
Former UK editor Brooks said ‘easy’ to hack phones-witness
LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group, told Eimear Cook, the ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie, it was “easy” to listen to other people’s voicemails, Cook told a London court on Monday.
Thai protesters occupy Finance Ministry in bid to oust government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters forced their way inside Thailand’s Finance Ministry and burst through the gates of the Foreign Ministry compound on Monday, in an escalating bid to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Honduras leftist disputes Sunday vote count, vows legal challenge
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Leftist Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro refuses to accept partial official results that show her conservative rival on course to win Sunday’s election, setting the stage on Monday for a drawn-out conflict.
Wary of war, Israeli public gives Iran deal a chance
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Going about their business on Monday, Israelis seemed more accepting than their leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, of a nuclear deal with Iran that he rejected as a historic mistake.
Analysis: Iran nuclear deal gap may allow off-site reactor work
VIENNA (Reuters) – Sunday’s agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program contains an apparent gap that could allow Tehran to build components off-site to install later in a nuclear reactor where it has promised to halt work, experts said.
