Syrian children’s memories of home fade in Jordan camp
ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) – Over five years of Syria’s civil war, tents have given way to sturdy shacks in Jordan’s Zaatari Refugee Camp, dusty tracks have been paved, acquiring names, and a generation has been born to parents who fear their child…
Plane crash in northern Kenya kills two French filmmakers: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A light aircraft crashed in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya, killing two French nationals while they were filming, police said on Monday.
Ukraine’s president sees finance minister as option to replace PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko as possibly taking over as prime minister, his spokesman said on Monday, having repeatedly urged the government to resign saying that it had lost the trust of t…
Syrian arrested in Sweden on suspicion of war crimes
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Syrian man has been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of war crimes committed in Syria, the Swedish prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
DNA swabs and portable morgues: on-call for disasters with Kenyon International
Bracknell, ENGLAND (Reuters) – Boxes of DNA swabs, walkie talkies, portable morgue tables and medical gloves fill the shelves at the warehouse from which UK-based Kenyon International rushes to respond to disasters from plane crashes to earthquakes.
Migrant crisis pushes climate change off EU summit agenda
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s migrant crisis has kicked climate change off the agenda of EU leaders’ talks this week, officials said, prompting accusations from green campaigners that the European Union has given up its leadership on environmental issu…
Serbia finds U.S.-bound guided missiles on flight from Beirut
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian authorities found two U.S.-made guided missiles that arrived on a civil flight from Lebanon and were bound for the United States, a source at the prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
UAE plane crashed in Yemen due to technical fault, pilots killed: coalition
ADEN (Reuters) – Two pilots died when a United Arab Emirates Mirage plane crashed in Yemen on Monday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations for the Saudi-led alliance, the coalition said in a statement carried by Saudi state medi…
At least 22 killed in post-election violence in Uganda’s west: police
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Fighting in western Uganda between supporters of rival candidates involved in last month’s national and local elections has killed 22 people and wounded 10 others in recent days, police said.
Algeria’s military chief calls alert over Libyan frontier
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s top military chief has heightened the army’s state of alert over border security because of concerns over arms trafficking and turmoil in neighboring Libya, where Islamic State has gained ground.
