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.
War crimes trial of Kenyan VP adjourned over hostage crisis
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday adjourned the trial of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto for a week to allow him to return home and deal with the hostage crisis at a Nairobi mall that has left at least 68 peo…
Brief gunfire, blasts at Kenya shopping mall siege
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Brief but intense gunfire accompanied by at least two blasts were heard coming from inside a Kenyan shopping mall where militants are holed up with hostages, a Reuters witness reported on Monday.
Somali Islamist militants threaten to kill Kenya hostages
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said hostages held by militants holed up in a Nairobi shopping mall would be killed if force was used, according to an audio statement carried by a website linked to the group.
