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.
Three Turkish soldiers killed, 14 others wounded in PKK attack in the southeast: army
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 others were wounded on Sunday in an armed attack by Kurdish militants during a military operation in the southeastern town of Nusaybin, Turkey’s army said in a statement.
Two rockets hit Turkish town near Syria border, injuring two: sources
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Two rockets from Islamic State controlled Syrian territory struck the Turkish town of Kilis on Sunday, injuring at least two people, security sources said.
Rare rallies in Vietnam over mysterious mass fish deaths
HANOI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Vietnam on Sunday against a Taiwanese firm they accuse of causing mass fish deaths along the country’s central coast, with some also blaming the government for a sluggish response to a major environm…
