Caribbean fears for coastal families as Hurricane Matthew gets close
LES CAYES, Haiti/KINGSTON (Reuters) – Haiti and Jamaica urged residents in vulnerable coastal areas to evacuate and Cuba suspended flights on Sunday as bands of rain from Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to menace Caribbean nations since 2007, dr…
Afghan refugees in Pakistan feel heat of rising regional tensions
KABUL (Reuters) – For Samihullah, a tailor from a family of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, the first indication that it might be time to leave the country was the insults leveled at him in the bazaar.
Gabon names new government after winning disputed election
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition leader Jean Ping, who says the vote was rigged.
Taliban advance on Afghan city exposes weak defenses, deep divisions
TARIN KOT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan authorities are investigating why Taliban militants were able to push past checkpoints in the central city of Tarin Kot with such ease during a recent attack that exposed the fragile defenses of many remote reg…
Philippines’ Duterte says China, Russia supportive when he complained of U.S
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he had received support from Russia and China when he complained to them about the United States, in another broadside that could test his increasingly fragile alliance with Washin…
Millionaire Doria of centrist PSDB party wins mayor’s race in Sao Paulo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Millionaire businessman Joao Doria of the centrist Brazilian Social Democrat Party has won the race for mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, in local elections on Sunday that were a major setback for the leftist Workers Part…
Arab coalition says targets Houthi forces after ship attack
DUBAI (Reuters) – Arab coalition forces have launched operations against militia boats of Yemen’s Houthi group that struck a civilian logistics ship on a humanitarian voyage in a strategic Red Sea shipping lane, the Saudi-led alliance said.
Pope says respect gays and transsexuals, questions gender theory
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday that homosexuals and transsexuals should be treated with respect but that teaching gender theory is unacceptable “indoctrination” of young people.
Fewer people living below poverty line, inequality lingers, says World Bank
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than 100 million across the world despite a sluggish global economy, the World Bank said on Sunday.
Militant attack on Indian army base in Kashmir kills one
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – At least six militants attacked an Indian army camp in north Kashmir on Sunday night, killing one border guard and wounding another, two weeks after a similar attack killed 19 of its soldiers and ratcheted up tensions betwee…
