By Sayed Hassib and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least five people and ratcheting up regional tensions, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more. The attacks, which follow a change of leadership in the Taliban, have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of
By Sayed Hassib and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least five people and ratcheting up regional tensions, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens of civilians and wounded hundreds more. The attacks, which follow a change of leadership in the Taliban, have dashed any hopes of an immediate resumption of
Greece and international creditors sought to put final touches to a multi-billion euro bailout accord on Monday to keep the country financially afloat and meet an important debt repayment to the European Central Bank within days. Germany set out “strict” conditions for further aid and said it would be sensible to link the size of the first tranche to Greece’s progress in carrying out reforms, a reflection of worry around
U.S. stocks traded about 1 percent higher as encouraging developments in Greece and a Warren Buffett acquisition boosted sentiment.
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least two demonstrators and injured about a dozen others on Monday after they attacked buildings during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country. Local police official Rajesh Kumar Lal Karna told Reuters the protesters had defied a curfew in the town of Surkhet and had begun throwing stones at public and private buildings.
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least two demonstrators and injured about a dozen others on Monday after they attacked buildings during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country. Local police official Rajesh Kumar Lal Karna told Reuters the protesters had defied a curfew in the town of Surkhet and had begun throwing stones at public and private buildings.
Ecuador denied on Monday that it had requested Sweden grant asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a condition for allowing Swedish prosecutors to question him in London. “At no point has the Republic of Ecuador asked the Kingdom of Sweden to grant Mr. Assange asylum,” the embassy said in a statement. Sweden says any questioning has been stalled since asylum has been one of Ecuador’s demands for the meeting,
Ecuador denied on Monday that it had requested Sweden grant asylum for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a condition for allowing Swedish prosecutors to question him in London. “At no point has the Republic of Ecuador asked the Kingdom of Sweden to grant Mr. Assange asylum,” the embassy said in a statement. Sweden says any questioning has been stalled since asylum has been one of Ecuador’s demands for the meeting,
A British court has freed Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, officials said on Monday, after he was arrested in June on a warrant issued in Spain where he was wanted over alleged reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide. Officials did not immediately provide further details but a fuller statement from Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service was expected shortly. Rwanda had condemned as an “outrage” the arrest of Karake.