Labour candidate favorite for London mayor after racially charged campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Sadiq Khan of Britain’s opposition Labour Party is the strong favorite to win London’s mayoral election on Thursday after a contest marked by religious tensions and accusations of racism.
Afghan forces battle to push Taliban from southern highway
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan security forces have been battling to push back Taliban fighters seeking to cut off the capital of the southern province of Uruzgan, officials said on Sunday as army units worked to clear roadside bombs from the…
Death toll from building collapse in Kenya rises to 16
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The death toll from a collapsed six-storey building in Nairobi has risen to 16 from 12, the Kenya Red Cross said on Sunday, but officials declined to be drawn on how many more people might be still under the rubble.
Yemen officials say peace talks suspended after Houthis seize base
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Yemeni government suspended direct peace talks to end the country’s civil war on Sunday after the Houthi movement and its armed allies seized a military base north of the capital Sanaa, two members of the official delegation to th…
Brexit campaign retains edge before June’s EU referendum: ICM poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Slightly more Britons want to leave the European Union than want to stay, according to an ICM poll for the Sun on Sunday taken after U.S. President Barack Obama’s warning that Britain would go to the “back of queue” in striking trade…
Islamist group al Shabaab kills 15 soldiers: Somali military
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab insurgents killed 15 Somali soldiers and retook a town northeast of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, just one day after it had fallen to government forces, the military said.
U.S.-led coalition drone kills two at Islamic State depot in northern Syria: Turkish sources
ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition drones struck an Islamic State explosives depot in the northern Syrian town of Dabiq after receiving intelligence from Ankara, Turkish military sources said on Sunday.
EU set to drive forward visas for Turks in migrant deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Despite deep public misgivings in some countries, the European Union will this week drive forward a plan to grant Turks visa-free travel to Europe as a reward for having reduced a flood of refugees and migrants into Europe to a tri…
Turkish police fire tear gas in central Istanbul on May Day protesters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired tear gas as clashes broke out on Sunday with dozens of protesters, several hundred of whom were trying to get to Istanbul’s main Taksim square where celebrations have been banned on May Day.
Philippine island rebels free 10 Indonesian hostages
MANILA (Reuters) – Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released 10 Indonesian hostages on Sunday, ending a month-long ordeal during which a kidnapped Canadian held by the same group was beheaded after a ransom deadline passed.
