Unknown dead fill Lesbos cemetery for refugees drowned at sea
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – She drowned trying to reach Europe, but her headless body was never identified. Her tombstone will bear no name.
Majority of Spaniards see new elections as inevitable: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – A majority of Spaniards believe that new national elections will have to be called given that party leaders have been unable to agree on a viable coalition after an inconclusive poll in December, a survey showed on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia says Switzerland to handle its consular affairs in Iran
RIYADH (Reuters) – Switzerland will handle Saudi Arabia’s consular affairs in Iran and will facilitate Iranian pilgrims coming to the kingdom, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Sunday, following a diplomatic dispute between Riyadh and Tehran.
EU’s elder statesmen to Britain: ‘Don’t leave us now’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Elder statesmen who built and shaped the European Union have a clear message for Britain as it prepares for a referendum on whether to stay in the bloc: “We love you. Don’t leave us now.”
UAE soldier killed in Yemen fighting: state news
DUBAI (Reuters) – A United Arab Emirates soldier was killed and another was wounded while fighting in Yemen as part of a Saudi-led military coalition, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday, citing the army general command.
Egyptian court reverses policeman’s jail sentence for killing activist
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s highest court reversed on Sunday a 15-year jail sentence handed down by a lower court to a policeman for killing an activist in the street, judicial sources said, overturning a rare sentence against members of security forces….
Syrian Kurdish party rejects Turkish demands, warns against intervention
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Kurdish PYD party on Sunday rejected Turkish demands that allied militia withdraw from positions near the border that are being shelled by Turkish army, and warned that Syrians would resist any Turkish intervention in the …
Grenade attack kills child, wounds his father in Burundi’s capital
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A grenade attack on a military base in Burundi’s capital killed a child and wounded his father and one other person, an official and witnesses said on Sunday, as violence linked to the president’s disputed re-election persists.
New Zealand’s Christchurch rocked by 5.7 magnitude quake, cliffs collapse into sea
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Christchurch in New Zealand on Sunday, causing cliffs to collapse into the sea but no major damage to the city, which was devastated by a 2011 quake which killed nearly 200 people.
Kerry in Albania to encourage anti-corruption reforms
TIRANA, Albania(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Albania on Sunday to encourage the country’s leaders to complete anti-corruption reforms that could improve the country’s chances of joining the European Union.
