Afghan capital in shock after ambulance bomb kills over 100
KABUL (Reuters) – Kabul reacted in despair and fear on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomb killed more than 100 people and wounded at least 235 in the worst attack seen in the Afghan capital in months.
Heavy fighting resumes in Syria’s eastern Ghouta
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Heavy fighting resumed in Syria’s eastern Ghouta on Sunday after a short period of relative calm following reports that a ceasefire had been agreed there late on Friday, a war monitor and pro-government media sources said.
Trump says he would negotiate Brexit with ‘tougher’ attitude than Theresa May
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump would take a “tougher” approach to Brexit negotiations than Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, he said in a television interview to be broadcast later on Sunday.
Syrian government says Turkish shelling damaged ancient temple
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government and a war monitor said on Sunday that Turkish shelling of the Kurdish-held Afrin region of Syria had seriously damaged an ancient temple.
Russian opposition takes to streets, calls for election boycott
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny began a nationwide day of protest against the authorities on Sunday, calling on voters to boycott what they said was a rigged presidential election on March 18.
Finland’s president Niinisto tipped for re-election in first round vote
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Polls opened in Finland on Sunday for a presidential election in which incumbent Sauli Niinisto is seen as likely to secure re-election on the first round of voting.
Several killed in clashes in Yemen’s southern city Aden
ADEN (Reuters) – Several people were killed and injured as armed groups fought each other in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, medical staff at hospitals in the city said.
Afghan capital in shock after ambulance bomb kills 95
KABUL (Reuters) – Kabul reacted in despair and fear on Sunday, a day after a suicide bomb killed and wounded more than 250 people in the worst attack seen in the Afghan capital in months.
Russia, Turkey foreign ministers discuss Syrian congress in Sochi
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed preparations for a Syria peace congress in the Russian city of Sochi on Jan. 29-30 with Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone call on Saturday, the Russian foreign mini…
Russian police seek forced entry to opposition leader Navalny’s office: opposition spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police arrived at the Moscow headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday morning and started to try to force their way in by using an angle grinder, Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for Navalny said.
