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| Two soldiers, six others killed in Lebanon shootout | | | Two Lebanese soldiers and six other people including two men wanted in connection with organised crime were killed in a shootout at a nightclub north of Beirut on Monday, the Lebanese army said in a statement. The shooting began when one of the wanted men and his associates opened fire at an army intelligence patrol that had entered the nightclub in Jounieh, north of Beirut, in search of suspects. The two wanted men and four others with them were killed. |
| Romanian club owners face manslaughter probe over fire, death toll at 31 | |  Romanian prosecutors opened a criminal manslaughter investigation on Monday against the three owners of the Bucharest nightclub where a fire killed 31 people and injured nearly 200 during a weekend rock concert. On Monday, an unidentified man died of his injuries in hospital, bringing the death toll to 31, deputy prime minister Gabriel Oprea was quoted saying by local news agency Mediafax. The fire that ravaged the Colectiv nightclub is one of the worst disasters to hit the European Union state in decades and has shaken up Romanians, who are distrustful of building safety and the way local authorities issue permits and licenses.
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| Fourteen humanitarian workers kidnapped in eastern Congo | | | Fourteen humanitarian workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the latest in a spate of hostage-takings in the region, the United Nations and local activists said on Monday. Eastern Congo was ravaged by two wars between 1996 and 2003 that killed millions of people, most dying from hunger and disease, and the region remains plagued by dozens of armed groups who compete over reserves of gold, tin and tantalum. The employees of a Congolese non-governmental organization were abducted on Sunday in the Rutshuru region in North Kivu province, the U.N. mission in Congo's humanitarian coordinator, Mamadou Diallo, said in a statement. |
| Mourinho named in Carneiro legal action | |  Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been a named a respondent in the legal action being brought against the club by their former team doctor Eva Carneiro for constructive dismissal, sources close to the case said on Monday. Papers have been served for a preliminary hearing date, which has not been disclosed, and the Premier League champions have 28 days to file a response. Chelsea's Portuguese manager was angry when Carneiro ran on to the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard during the opening match of the season against Swansea City at Stamford Bridge.
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| Nepali police kill Indian protester at border blockade | |  By Ross Adkin and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police shot and killed an Indian citizen at a border checkpoint on Monday as they tried to clear protesters whose blockade has strangled Nepal's fuel supplies and badly damaged relations between the neighbours. Nepal has faced an acute fuel crisis for more than a month since protesters in the lowland south, angered that a new constitution fails to reflect their interests, prevented supply trucks from entering from India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the killing of an Indian youth and spoke with Nepal's Prime Minister KP Oli to seek details about the incident.
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| Vatican arrests cleric, laywoman suspected of leaking secret documents | | | By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two members of a commission Pope Francis set up to study reforms, including a high-ranking Holy See official, have been arrested on suspicion of leaking confidential documents, the Vatican said on Monday. It was one of the biggest internal scandals to hit Francis' papacy so far and was reminiscent of the "Vatileaks" furore that preceded the resignation of former Pope Benedict in 2013. Spanish Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, number two at the Vatican's Prefecture for Economic Affairs, and Italian laywoman Francesca Chaouqui, a public relations expert, were arrested over the weekend, a Vatican statement said. |
| Modi, facing tight election, hits back at "intolerance" criticism | |  By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi, battling to win power in the heartland state of Bihar and revive stalled economic reforms, hit back at critics on Monday for painting a picture of intolerance in the country. Rivals say the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is whipping up religious tensions to win the election in Bihar, the country's third most populous state and critical to Modi's plans to improve his party's strength in the upper house of parliament. Modi's administration has faced a rising tide of criticism for failing to rein in hardline Hindu groups that are campaigning for issues such as cow worship in a multi-faith country.
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| Woman tries to pet Omaha zoo tiger, gets bitten | | | A woman who broke into an Omaha zoo was bitten by a tiger when she tried to pet it in its cage, police said. The woman, Jacqueline Eide, 33, was hospitalized at Creighton University Medical Center after being bitten on the left hand, police said in a statement on Sunday. Eide entered the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium after it was closed and reached into a tiger's cage to pet it. |
| Rebels free kidnapped workers in South Sudan, no sign of stolen fuel | | | South Sudanese rebels have released 13 contractors a week after kidnapping them and seizing the fuel barge they were taking to a U.N. base in South Sudan, the United Nations said. The U.N. mission in the world's youngest country said it sent helicopters to pick up the South Sudanese workers on Sunday, and recovered the barge - but not the 55,000 litres of fuel it was carrying. "This (release) was the result of a week-long dialogue... with members of the opposition at all levels," Shantal Persaud, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission, said on Monday. |
| Iran arrests prominent journalist on propaganda charges - family | | | Iranian authorities arrested prominent journalist Isa Saharkhiz on Monday for "insulting the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and propaganda against the regime", his family said on social media. A post on Saharkhiz's Facebook page reporting his detention included what it said was a picture of a search warrant for his home. An Iranian journalist who knows Saharkhiz told Reuters the page was under the control of a family member. |
| Sri Lanka deports Maldivian teen wanted in president's boat blast probe | |  Sri Lanka on Monday deported a Maldivian teenager wanted in an investigation into an explosion on a boat carrying Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, government and high commission officials said. The deportation comes after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had found no conclusive evidence that the Sept. 28 explosion was caused by a bomb. Yameen, 56, was unhurt in the blast as his presidential boat approached the capital Male while he was returning from Saudi Arabia after the Haj pilgrimage, but his wife and two aides were injured.
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| Iraq parliament bars Abadi government from passing reforms unilaterally | | | By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament voted unanimously on Monday to bar the government from passing important reforms without its approval in an effort to curb Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi amid discontent over his leadership style, lawmakers said. The chamber acted after Abadi unilaterally enacted reforms in August that it deemed a violation of the constitution including his dismissal of the vice presidents and deputy prime ministers and cuts to salaries of government employees. "Under this resolution no more absolute authorities for the prime minister," one member of parliament, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters. |
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