Grenade thrown before Serbian leader’s election rally in Kosovo
PRISTINA (Reuters) – An attacker threw a hand grenade and fired shots outside a sports hall in northern Kosovo early on Sunday, hours before Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was due to hold an election rally there, police said.
Fire rips through Russian defense ministry building in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A fire ripped through a Russian Defence Ministry building in central Moscow on Sunday, sending plumes of smoke over the Russian capital as fire fighters battled to extinguish the blaze.
Pope announces special collection for Ukraine in European churches
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday announced that a special collection would be taken up in all of Europe’s Roman Catholic churches on April 24 to raise funds to help the people of Ukraine.
Czechs to return Iraqi Christians who tried to move to Germany, interior minister says
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will send back to Iraq a group of Iraqi Christians who tried to move on to Germany instead of staying in the country, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said on Sunday.
Iraqis displaced from western city of Ramadi begin to return home
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The displaced population of Ramadi has started to return to the western Iraqi city that was recaptured from Islamic State militants in December, a provincial official said on Sunday.
European Parliament head condemns Erdogan over German satire protest
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the European Parliament sharply criticized Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday for protesting against a satirical song on German television that mocked the president just as the EU needs Ankara to help solve its migrant cri…
Brussels Airport reopens to thin stream of passengers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels Airport reopened to a thin stream of passengers on Sunday, 12 days after suicide bombers destroyed its departure hall and killed 16 people.
Turkey’s Erdogan says Obama spoke ‘behind my back’ on press freedom
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused U.S. counterpart Barack Obama of going behind his back for criticizing Turkey’s press freedom record and linked it to efforts to “divide” Turkey, media reports said on Sunday.
Air raids hit Qaeda Yemen camp, militants killed: official
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Warplanes attacked an al Qaeda camp in southern Yemen on Sunday, killing and wounding a number of militants, a local official said.
Bangladesh former PM to seek bail over firebombing attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia is expected to appear in court and seek bail after she was issued with an arrest warrant over a deadly firebombing attack, her lawyer said on Sunday.
