Aid agencies struggle to assist wave of returning Afghan refugees
TORKHAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Perched on top of lumbering trucks overflowing with all their possessions, Afghan families are streaming back to their home country at unprecedented rates, leaving international organizations scrambling to provide aid a…
Turkey’s ruling party has completed proposal on presidency, PM says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party has finished working on its proposal for a constitutional change to create an executive presidency and is now ready to submit it to parliament, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday.
Somalia’s Shabaab seize third town this month after peacekeepers withdraw
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist militant group al Shabaab on Sunday seized control of yet another town in central Somalia after it was abandoned by African Union peacekeepers, a militant spokesman and a local official said, the third to fall to insurge…
Two senior members of Britain’s troubled UKIP party enter leadership race
LONDON (Reuters) – Two senior members of Britain’s anti-European Union UK Independence Party said on Sunday they would run to become its next leader, days after the previous frontrunner quit the race and resigned from the troubled party.
Algeria’s ruling FLN party chief steps down
ALGIERS (Reuters) – The long-standing chief of Algeria’s ruling FLN party Amar Saadani has resigned just weeks after making accusations that a retired spy chief and a former prime minister had been French agents.
Egyptians losing patience with Sisi as economy deteriorates
CAIRO (Reuters) – A cartoon which appeared on social media shows a drowning Egyptian, only his hand protruding from the depths, waving for help. The next strips show President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi diving in, taking the drowning man’s watch and turning …
Lithuania goes to polls with center-right opposition set to win power
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuanians began voting on Sunday in an election run-off in the European Union member state with the center-right opposition likely to oust the current coalition which has failed to rejuvenate the country’s sluggish economy.
Japanese suicide pensioner blows himself up in park, injures three others: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide, state broadcaster NHK reported.
Spain’s Socialists seen clearing the way for end to political deadlock
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialists on Sunday were expected to clear the way for the conservative People’s Party (PP) to be sworn in for a second term, ending a 10-month political deadlock that has paralyzed institutions and threatened to derail an e…
Duterte hopes Philippine fishermen can return to China-controlled shoal
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed hope on Sunday that fishermen would be able to return to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea in the next few days.
