Turkey says will inform U.N., NATO on Syrian helicopter downing
PARIS (Reuters) – Turkey will provide the U.N. Security Council and fellow members of the NATO military alliance with details of the circumstances of its shooting down on Monday of a Syrian helicopter, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
France can reach deal with Russia on Syria U.N. resolution
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Monday it was confident that a deal could be reached with Russia on a U.N. resolution over Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Venezuelan president says made deliberate verbal gaffe
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venzuela’s gaffe-prone President Nicolas Maduro says his latest verbal mix-up was a deliberate attempt to outwit opponents who love to portray him as a buffoon and ignore the socialist government’s advances.
Doubts over Merkel coalition grow despite Bavaria victory
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chances of preserving her center-right coalition were in doubt less than a week before a federal election, with a new anti-euro party rising in the polls and her current partner reeling from a regional setb…
France says confident deal can be reached on Syria U.N. resolution
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Monday it was confident that a deal could be reached with Russia on a U.N. resolution over Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Israeli court ends instant three-year detention for African migrants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s supreme court on Monday struck down a year-old law that meant African migrants could be held in detention for up three years without charge.
Donors pledge 1.8 billion euros for Somalia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International donors promised Somalia 1.8 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in reconstruction aid on Monday to back a three-year plan aimed at strengthening the country’s economy and building up its fragile security.
Suspected bomb-maker killed in Madagascar blast: police
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – A suspected bomb-maker was killed in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Monday when an explosive device he is believed to have been building blew up prematurely, police said.
Mali reconciliation on track despite protests, minister says
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali’s newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country’s deep social rif…
Impounded Chinese cruise liner released in South Korea
SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese cruise liner was allowed to leave a South Korean island on Monday, three days after it was impounded there over a commercial dispute that left hundreds of passengers stranded, state media said.
