Satellite calls yield no clues on missing Argentine submarine
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – A storm on Sunday complicated efforts to find an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members, while satellite calls thought to come from the vessel did not help searchers identify the…
President Mugabe stuns Zimbabwe by defying pressure to resign
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe stunned Zimbabwe on Sunday by making no mention of resignation in a television address, defying his own ZANU-PF party, which had sacked him hours earlier, and hundreds of thousands of protesters who had alread…
Greek centrists elect alliance leader to boost popularity
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek centrists elected politician Fofi Gennimata on Sunday to lead a center-left party alliance, hoping to win back voters disillusioned after seven years of crisis and boost their popularity as the country emerges from bailouts.
Saudi Arabia and Arab allies push for unity against Iran, Hezbollah meddling
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers criticized Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite ally Hezbollah at an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday, calling for a united front to counter Iranian interference.
Israel president rejects pardon appeal of soldier who killed prone Palestinian assailant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s president on Sunday turned down a pardon request by an ex-conscript who is serving an serving a 14-month jail term for killing an incapacitated Palestinian assailant.
Mugabe defies demands to quit as Zimbabwe’s leader after party fires him
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Sunday defied his own ZANU-PF party and hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding his resignation by pledging in a television address to preside over the party’s next congress in December.
Lebanon’s Hariri to visit Egypt on Tuesday: Hariri’s office
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanese prime minister in a televised broadcast from Saudi Arabia on Nov. 4, will visit Egypt on Tuesday to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Hariri’s office said on Sunda…
Algeria picks up 286 boat migrants en route to Europe
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s coastguard has picked up 286 illegal migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Europe by boat, the Defence Ministry has said.
Stormy weather complicates search for missing Argentine submarine
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A storm on Sunday complicated the search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members, as authorities tried to verify that recent satellite calls seen as a sign the…
EU’s Tusk says alarmed that Poland’s policy resembles ‘Kremlin’s plan’
WARSAW (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk said on Sunday he was alarmed by the similarity of policies pursued by Poland’s right-wing government to what he described as “Kremlin’s plan”.
