Iran frees six Slovak paragliders after spying accusations
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Six out of eight Slovak citizens detained in Iran since May on suspicion of spying after taking photographs while paragliding have been released and returned home, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Senior Turkish envoy survives bomb attack in Iraq
ANKARA (Reuters) – A roadside bomb struck the convoy of Turkey’s consul general in Iraq on Monday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman said, but there were no casualties.
Thai prosecutors to issue arrest warrant for Red Bull heir
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai prosecutors said on Monday they will issue an arrest warrant for an heir of the Red Bull energy drink creator who failed to show up to hear charges against him in a fatal hit-and-run case that sparked nationwide outrage.
Former Nazi guard goes on trial for murder of resistance fighter
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 92-year-old who served in the Waffen-SS, Adolf Hitler’s elite Nazi troops, goes on trial on Monday in the western city of Hagen on charges of having shot in the back and killed a Dutch resistance fighter at the end of World War Two…
Iran denies ex-president said Assad’s forces used poison gas
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday denied reported comments by ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani accusing the Syrian government of using poison gas in the country’s civil war, saying the remarks had been “distorted”.
Russia sending spy ship to Mediterranean: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending a reconnaissance ship to the eastern Mediterranean, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, as the United States prepares for a possible military strike in Syria.
Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal staff strike over unpaid wages
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian staff at a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal went on strike on Monday, an official said, as a funding crisis deepened at a court already bogged down by resignations, political interference and the frail health of its elde…
Syria asks the United Nations to stop U.S. strike
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent “any aggression” against Syria following a call over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for last month’s chemical weapons attack.
Japan vows quick action, public funds for Fukushima
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan vowed quick, decisive action, including the use of public funds, to tackle the worsening problem of contaminated water pouring from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as the authorities step in to help the facility’s embattled…
U.S. briefs China on chemical weapons use evidence in Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it had been briefed by the United States about evidence on the use of chemical weapons in Syria after U.S. President Barack Obama delayed a military response to last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus…
