Satellite signals give hope to search for missing Argentine submarine
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A search and rescue operation for an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew members aboard reached its third day on Sunday, after failed satellite calls likely from the vess…
Syrian army, allies take back Albu Kamal from Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and its allies took complete control over Albu Kamal, Islamic State’s last significant town in Syria, a military news service run by Hezbollah said on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party expels Mugabe: war vets head
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe was dismissed as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday in a move to force a peaceful end to his 37 years in power following a de facto military coup.
Mugabe fired as ruling party leader: ZANU-PF sources
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was fired as leader of the ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the deputy he sacked this month, sources at a special ZANU-PF meeting to decide Mugabe’s fate told Reuters…
Helping the poor is a ‘Passport to Paradise,’ Pope says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis welcomed the poor, homeless and unemployed as guests of honor for a Mass and gourmet meal in the Vatican on Sunday, saying that helping the needy was one way of obtaining a “passport to paradise”.
Kenyan police fire teargas to break slum protests after four murdered
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police fired teargas to disperse a crowd that was protesting on Sunday against the overnight murder of four people in a slum in the capital Nairobi.
Britain to submit ‘Brexit bill’ proposal before December EU meeting
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will submit proposals on how to settle its divorce bill with the European Union before an EU summit next month and is expected to negotiate hard, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia, Arab allies in Cairo talks on Iran, Hezbollah
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss confronting Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite ally Hezbollah, who the Arab allies say are interfering in their internal affairs.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party to expel Mugabe, war vets head says
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s ruling party will dismiss President Robert Mugabe as its leader on Sunday to force him to call an end to his 37 years in power peacefully following a de facto military coup, the head of the liberation war veterans said.
Saudi Arabia, Arab allies to hold Cairo talks on Iran, Hezbollah
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Cairo on Sunday to discuss confronting Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite ally Hezbollah, who the Arab allies say are interfering in their internal affairs.
