Ex-Haiti coup leader says to fight ‘anarchists’ as unrest spreads
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A former Haitian coup leader wanted by the United States for smuggling cocaine called on his supporters on Sunday to resist “anarchists” who forced a presidential election to be canceled, in a sign of deep polarization that c…
Kerry to press China over North Korea, urge ASEAN unity over South China Sea
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began a visit to Asia on Sunday in which he plans to press China to put more curbs on North Korea after its nuclear test and to urge Southeast Asia to show unity in response to Beijing’s claims i…
French minister says state of emergency will not last for ever
PARIS (Reuters) – The state of emergency in France needs to be extended given the current security threat but it will not last for ever, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Sunday.
Former Israeli president Peres back in hospital after chest pains
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres was hospitalized on Sunday for a second time in as many weeks after complaining of chest pains, his doctor said.
Actress del Castillo says Mexico government wants to ‘destroy’ her: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Actress Kate del Castillo, at the center of a Mexican money laundering probe after she helped Hollywood star Sean Penn interview drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, said Mexico’s government wants to “destroy her,” Univision rep…
Three killed in bombing claimed by Islamic State in northeast Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed at least three people in the city of Qamishli in the mostly Kurdish-controlled Hasaka province of northeast Syria on Sunday, a Kurdish official and a monitoring group said.
No special status for east Ukraine without ceasefire: president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will not give its eastern regions greater autonomy until a lasting ceasefire with pro-Russian separatist rebels is in place, President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday, in comments that could antagonize the rebels and the Kremli…
Iraq summons Saudi envoy over comments on Iran-backed militias
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq summoned the new Saudi ambassador on Sunday after he suggested Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias were exacerbating sectarian tensions and should leave the fight against Islamic State to the Iraqi army and official security forces…
Merkel’s party, sliding in polls, weighs German ‘border centres’
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior figure in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party has proposed setting up “border centres” along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers deemed unqualified to stay.
Netanyahu seeks to return Israeli army-evicted settlers to West Bank houses
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would allow Jewish settlers evicted by the Israeli army from two houses in the West Bank city of Hebron to return once proper permits were in place.
