Iran says offers ideas to end rift with U.N. nuclear watchdog
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s deputy foreign minister said he had made proposals to the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief on Monday after pledging “a new approach” to easing international concerns about indications of illicit atomic bomb research by Tehran.
Risking Russia’s ire, Georgia seeks closer ties with Europe
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s new president said on Monday he would press ahead with efforts to deepen the former Soviet republic’s ties with the West despite Russian concerns.
Drone strike kills at least two in Somalia: residents
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike killed at least two Islamist al Shabaab insurgents driving in a car south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, residents said on Monday.
Refugees stream into Uganda after east Congo fighting spreads
KAMPALA (Reuters) – About 10,000 Congolese refugees have fled into Uganda to escape fighting between a new rebel faction identified as M18 and militias in Congo’s lawless northeast, Red Cross and military officials said on Monday.
Turkish police fire water cannon to break up protest
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police fired water cannon and teargas on Monday to break up a protest by around 2,000 people outside an Ankara court over the handling of the trial of a policeman accused of killing a demonstrator earlier this year.
Insight: Water, wealth and whites – South Africa’s potent anti-fracking mix
NIEU-BETHESDA, South Africa (Reuters) – Stretching across the heart of South Africa, the Karoo has stirred emotions for centuries, a stunning semi-desert wilderness that draws artists, hunters and the toughest of farmers.
Spain summons U.S. ambassador over spying
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to discuss allegations of spying on Spanish citizens that it said could break the climate of trust between the two countries if proved true.
Britain’s G4S denies South Africa prisoner abuse allegations
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – British security group G4S denied that its workers had electrocuted and drugged prisoners at South Africa’s Mangaung prison, the maximum security facility it ran before the government stepped in to restore order earlier …
U.S. says renewed Congo fighting risks engulfing region
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels risked dragging neighboring countries into the conflict and it urged all sides to return to the negotiating tabl…
High-profile British phone-hacking trial begins
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s former British newspaper chief and Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media head went on trial for phone hacking on Monday at the start of one of Britain’s most high profile court cases in years.
