Black smoke rises from besieged Nairobi shopping mall: witness
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Black smoke was seen rising and several blasts were heard on Monday in the area of a Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist militants are holed up with hostages, a Reuters witness said.
Suicide bomber in Russia’s North Caucasus kills two, injures 20
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed two people and injured around 20 outside a police station in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, a regional Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Spain attracted record number of foreign visitors in August
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain recorded the best month on record for foreign tourists in August, with 8.3 million holidaymakers from abroad coming to soak up the sun, including many seeking to avoid political unrest in resorts elsewhere such as in Egypt and …
Leader of Merkel’s outgoing coalition ally offers to step down: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – Philipp Roesler offered to step down as leader of Germany’s Free Democrats (FDP) on Monday, FDP sources said, a day after his party suffered the worst election result in its history and crashed out of parliament for the first time.
Golden Dawn loses support after rapper killing: poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Support for Greece’s Golden Dawn has fallen by 2.5 percentage points after the fatal stabbing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right party and most Greeks believe it threatens democracy, a poll showed on Monday.
Cambodian opposition boycotts parliament, Hun Sen remains PM
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers boycotted the opening of Cambodia’s parliament on Monday, threatening a constitutional crisis, after the authorities refused to hold an independent inquiry into alleged vote-rigging by the party of Prime Mini…
Kenya forces close in on mall attackers: police chief
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan forces have brought more people out overnight from the shopping mall where Islamist militants are holding hostages, and troops are “closing in” on the attackers, the police inspector general, David Kimaiyo, said on Monday, th…
Syria’s Assad criticizes U.S. on threat of strikes: China TV
BEIJING (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding “excuses for war”, China’s state television said on Monday.
Al Qaeda-linked fighters killed in clash with Syria rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Libyan commander and a dozen other fighters from al Qaeda’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have been killed in clashes with rival rebel forces in northern Syria, a monitoring group said, in the latest spate of internecine reb…
Australia clamps down on information about asylum seekers
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s government said on Monday it would no longer provide regular information on asylum boats turned away or on emergencies at sea involving asylum seekers under a new military operation to curb people trafficking.
