Iraqi police battle suicide bombers, get glimpse of life under IS
SHURA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi federal policemen stood over the corpse of an Islamic State suicide bomber covered by a curtain. The chain attached to his ankle was tied to a car that had dragged him through streets, they said, that were once part of a s…
As Brazil veers right, evangelical bishop elected Rio mayor
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – An evangelical bishop was elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in a second round of municipal voting that cemented a rout of the leftist party and allies who dominated Brazil’s presidency and major cities for over a deca…
Aleppo fighting spreads amid accusations of gas attack
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels opened a new front in Aleppo as fighting spread on the third day of a major insurgent counter-attack to break the government’s siege of the opposition-held part of the city, and each side accused the other of usin…
Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, shuts media in latest crackdown
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup…
Imran Khan says mass protest no danger to Pakistan democracy
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan on Sunday dismissed accusations his planned shutdown of the nation’s capital could lead to a military coup, saying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “can’t hide behind ‘democracy in danger'” to qua…
Young Calais migrants pray in ‘Jungle’ church before demolition
PARIS (Reuters) – Dozens of young Ethiopian and Eritrean migrants gathered on Sunday at a makeshift Orthodox church in the Calais “Jungle” camp, one of the only places still standing in the area, to attend a last service before the demolition is comple…
Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death
RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of outraged Moroccans held protests in several cities on Sunday after a fishmonger in the northern town of Al-Hoceima was crushed to death inside a garbage truck as he tried to retrieve fish confiscated by police.
Iran-trained militias join U.S-backed campaign on Mosul, flying Shi’ite flags
AIN NASIR, Iraq (Reuters) – Gun trucks and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the banners of Shi’ite militias along with Iraqi flags while blaring religious songs.
In charred church near Mosul, Iraqi Christians pray once more
QARAQOSH, Iraq (Reuters) – Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh on Sunday for the first time since it was recaptured from Islamic S…
New earthquake rocks Italy, buildings collapse but no deaths reported
NORCIA, Italy (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported.
