Brazil mourns Chapecoense crash victims at packed stadium wake
CHAPECO, Brazil (Reuters) – A downpour drenched thousands of mourners in this Brazilian city on Saturday as they grieved over 50 caskets flown overnight to the stadium of the local Chapecoense soccer team, which was all but wiped out in an air crash Mo…
Mosul residents fear cold and hunger of winter siege
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the onset of rain and cold weather threatens a tough winter for more than a million people still in Islamic State-held areas of the city, residents said on Saturday.
Surprise winner of Gambia poll eyes new cabinet, reforms
BANJUL (Reuters) – The winner of Gambia’s presidential election told Reuters on Saturday he was keen to form a new cabinet to get cracking with reforms, a day after veteran leader Yahya Jammeh stunned the tiny west African nation by conceding defeat.
Relatives of missing Flight MH370 passengers ‘taking search into own hands’
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Relatives of those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 said on Saturday they were taking the search for the plane into their own hands to try to push governments to expand the search area along the east African coast.
Russia seeks full withdrawal of Aleppo rebels
BEIRUT/ROME/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it was ready for talks with the United States about a withdrawal of all Syrian rebels from eastern Aleppo, where advances by the Russian-backed Syrian army and its allies threaten to deal a crushin…
France’s Left starts fightback after Hollande bows out of presidential race
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Left on Saturday launched a bid to re-energize supporters disenchanted by Francois Hollande’s five years in power and find a candidate to unite the ranks ahead of a presidential election next year where it could face humiliat…
Norway government wins backing for 2017 budget, prevents collapse
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s right-wing minority coalition has secured backing in parliament from two centrist parties for its 2017 fiscal budget, preventing a government collapse, politicians negotiating the deal told Reuters on Saturday.
Castro’s last goal? A soccer field for neighborhood kids
HAVANA (Reuters) – Fidel Castro is remembered around the world as a charismatic revolutionary or a ruthless tyrant, but in his neighborhood he was also a friendly old man who used his influence to build a soccer field for kids two weeks before his deat…
Somali forces kill seven in clash with faction loyal to Islamic State
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) – Soldiers allied to the Western-backed Somali government said they killed seven insurgents from a faction loyal to the Islamic State group in a clash in northern Somalia on Saturday.
Egypt’s top constitutional court upholds law restricting street protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court upheld on Saturday a law that effectively bans protests, settling a years-long court battle and protecting the law from further challenges.
