Islamic State launches two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at least 12 dead in the fighting and many wounded, rebels sources said on Sunday.
Hollande, Trudeau mark centenary of WW1 battle at Vimy Ridge
ARRAS, France (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led commemorations on Sunday marking the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern France in which over 3,500 Canadian soldiers were among t…
Death toll climbs in clashes at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – A member of the Palestinian Fatah faction was killed in factional clashes at the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Sunday, a Fatah official said, as fighting that has killed at least four people, raged for a t…
Al Shabaab car bomb outside Mogadishu army base kills at least 15: military
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb targeting senior officials leaving a military base in Mogadishu killed at least 15 people and destroyed a minibus carrying civilians, the Somali military said on Sunday, an attack claim by Islamist al Shabaab militants….
Pope decries war, terrorism and weapons as condemns Egypt blast
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis condemned a deadly blast at a church in Egypt and said at a Palm Sunday Mass that the world was suffering from wars, terrorism and “interests that are armed and ready to strike”.
Hardline cleric Raisi to take on Rouhani in Iran’s presidential election
LONDON (Reuters) – Hardline Shi’ite cleric Ebrahim Raisi announced on Sunday he would run in Iran’s May presidential election, challenging moderate President Hassan Rouhani’s economic record and his policy of detente with the West.
UK defense minister: Russia responsible by proxy for Syria chemical deaths
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad….
Finland’s anti-EU party expected to lose momentum in local elections
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s co-ruling, eurosceptic Finns party is poised for a loss in Sunday’s municipal elections, with the latest opinion polls showing the party far behind its center-right coalition partners.
Iran’s Rouhani condemns U.S. attack on Syria, chides Gulf Arabs
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday condemned as “flagrant U.S. aggression on Syria” a U.S. missile strike on a on a Syrian air base this week and criticized Gulf Arab states for supporting it, state television reported.
Uzbek suspect in Swedish attack sympathized with Islamic State: police
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – An Uzbek man suspected of ramming a truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing four people, had expressed sympathy for Islamic State and was wanted for failing to comply with a deportation order, Swedish police said on Sunday.
