In Paraguay, more flee worst floods in decades as levee creaks
ASUNCION/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – With further rain looming, more families abandoned their homes on Sunday in Paraguay, the country hardest hit by the worst flooding in decades in the area bordering Uruguay and Argentina, which has already forced more …
Catalonia pro-independence party fails to agree on new leader
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s pro-independence movement suffered a setback on Sunday when it failed to agree on a new leader, potentially forcing the region into a new election.
Iraqi army declares first major victory over Islamic State in Ramadi
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s army declared victory over Islamic State fighters in a provincial capital west of Baghdad on Sunday, the first major triumph for the U.S.-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18 months a…
Nigerian army repels Boko Haram attack near state capital: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Up to seven people died when Nigeria’s army repelled an attack on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a village near a northern state capital, residents and military sources said.
Israel presses Brazil to accept pro-settler envoy
JERUSALEM/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Israeli ambassador who is a West Bank settler has set off a diplomatic crisis and led to concerns in the Israeli government that the clash could encourage pro-Palestinian activism against …
Evacuation of three Syrian towns to go ahead Monday under rare deal: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Besieged rebel fighters in a Syrian border town and families trapped in two Shi’ite towns in northern Syria are expected to be evacuated on Monday in the second stage of a rare, U.N.-backed deal between warring sides in Syria’s war, …
Hezbollah leader tells Israel to brace for retaliation over Qantar’s death
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent militant Samir Qantar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable, whatever the consequences.
Al Shabaab Islamists claim deadly ambush in northeastern Kenya
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said it ambushed a Kenyan security vehicle in remote northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing four members of the security forces.
Turkey’s Kurds call for self-rule amid violence in southeast
ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish groups meeting in southeastern Turkey called for self-rule on Sunday amid heavy fighting in the region as the army pushed ahead with a security operation in which it says more than 200 Kurdish militants have been killed.
As Central Africans prepare to vote, major challenges still loom
BANGUI (Reuters) – As General Bala Keita, the military head of Central African Republic’s U.N. peacekeeping mission, fended off militia attacks on a polling station in a besieged Muslim enclave in the capital Bangui earlier this month, he was surprisin…
