U.S. came to Syrian peace effort ‘late,’ Kerry says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States came “late” to an effort to end the Syrian civil war and is trying to prevent the total collapse of the country, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday.
Six dead in Lebanon’s Tripoli, shots fired at Sidon cleric
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Six people were killed in clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli and gunmen attacked a cleric in the southern port of Sidon on Monday, security sources said, in violence stoked by civil war in neighboring Syria.
France hits rich families’ tax breaks in benefit reforms
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande’s government on Monday announced cuts in tax breaks for rich households as part of a plan to reduce the huge cost of France’s generous family benefits system.
Suspect in British soldier murder blows kisses in dock
LONDON (Reuters) – One of two men charged with murdering a British soldier on a busy London street appeared in court for the first time on Monday, blowing kisses to a supporter in the public gallery and clutching what appeared to be a Koran.
Nations line up to sign U.N. arms trade treaty, U.S. not yet
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Delegates from dozens of countries gathered in New York on Monday to sign the first treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, but the United States was not among them.
Western Wall rabbi is threatened over women’s prayer group
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police are investigating threats to hurt the rabbi in charge of Jerusalem’s Western Wall if he does not allow a Jewish women’s prayer group equal worship rights at the holy site, a police spokesman said on Monday.
IAEA concerned about finding nothing at Iran site after ‘clean-up’
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear investigators may no longer find anything if granted access to Iran’s Parchin military site, their chief said on Monday, in view of suspected Iranian efforts to remove any traces of illicit atomic activity there.
Kurdish rebels clash with Turkish army during withdrawal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Kurdish militants opened fire on Turkish troops in southeast Turkey near the border with Iraq on Monday, slightly wounding one soldier, the military said, the first such clash since the rebels began withdrawing from Turkey under a …
EU entry to shine harsh light on Croatia’s finances
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Croatia may have to go straight into an EU disciplinary procedure when it joins the bloc in July and face an even tougher haul than its ex-Communist peers in adapting to free market pressures.
NATO to discuss training Libyan security forces: U.S. official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO defense ministers concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda-linked rebels in southern Libya will this week discuss the possibility of training Libyan security forces, U.S. defense officials said on Monday.
