Demonstrators flood Barcelona in support of jailed separatist leaders
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Catalan independence supporters flooded the streets of Barcelona on Sunday calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders after a supreme court ruling frustrated their latest attempt to elect a regio…
Pakistani soldiers killed in attack at Afghanistan border
PARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border fire from Afghanistan while working on a fence intended to cover nearly all of the disputed 2,500km border separating the countries, the Pakistani military said on Sund…
Allies keep Syria options open as Britain says no strikes planned
LONDON/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Western powers have no plans for further missile strikes on Syria but will assess their options if Damascus uses chemical weapons again, Britain’s foreign minister said on Sunday as debate raged over the legality and effecti…
Israel to free 200 African migrants awaiting deportation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will release about 200 jailed African migrants in the absence of a final deal to deport them and thousands more Eritrean and Sudanese men who entered the country illegally, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Merkel looks at ways to tackle Germany’s east/west disparities
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said government subsidies were needed to address lingering disparities in the quality of life in the states of former Communist East Germany and West Germany 28 years after unification.
Another rape reported in India amid protests against brutal acts
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Days after the arrest of a lawmaker from India’s ruling party in connection with the rape of a teenager, another case of the brutal rape and murder of a girl was reported on Sunday in the state of Gujarat in the country’s west.
Japan PM Abe’s rating falls in media poll amid scandal woes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, plagued by accusations of cronyism and cover-ups, fell to 26.7 percent in a survey by private broadcaster Nippon TV released on Sunday, the lowest since he took office in December 2012.
Western powers to study options if Syria chemical weapons used again: UK
LONDON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Western powers will study “options” if Syria’s government again uses chemical weapons, but nothing is planned as yet, Britain’s foreign minister said on Sunday, after raids on Syrian targets triggered heated debate over their …
Horror and fear grip survivors of Congo’s hidden war
(Reuters) – The last thing 11-year-old Mave Grace saw before falling unconscious was men with machetes cutting open her pregnant mother’s belly and killing the unborn child.
Japan foreign minister says Beijing, Tokyo should co-operate more to denuclearize North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono said on Sunday that Tokyo and Beijing needed to work more closely together to denuclearize North Korea, in comments made during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
