For Myanmar’s Muslims, little to cheer about historic election
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – In a refugee camp outside Myanmar’s provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday’s historic elect…
Haiti’s government candidate advances to presidential runoff
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Jovenel Moïse and former government executive Jude Célestin led voting in Haiti’s Oct. 25 presidential election and will face each other in a run-off next month, according to official results announced on Thursday.
Greece approves reform bill, eyes bailout tranche
ATHENS(Reuters) – Greece’s parliament approved early Friday a bill with reforms prescribed by the country’s international lenders, ahead of a euro zone finance ministers meeting in three days which will decide if Athens qualifies for fresh bailout fund…
British PM says bomb likely caused Russian airliner crash
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was increasingly likely a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt with the loss of 224 lives, and U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington was taking that possibilit…
Up to 16 reported killed in dam burst at Brazilian mine
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine burst on Thursday in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and local media reported as many as 16 people may have been killed.
Exclusive: Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria – sources
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling another rebel group, according to a report by an international watchdog seen by Reuters.
Ruling party candidate leads presidential election runoff in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Jovenel Moïse led voting in Haiti’s Oct. 25 presidential election with 32 percent, followed by former government executive Jude Célestin with 25 percent, according to official results announced on Thursday.
Outgoing U.N. Libya envoy urges factions to accept unity plan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The outgoing United Nations envoy to Libya on Thursday urged Libya’s rival factions to halt their attempts to obstruct a power-sharing plan intended to end a long-standing political crisis in the conflict torn country.
Turkish colonel, men cleared of killing 21 during Kurdish war
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A former Turkish colonel and seven other members of the security forces were cleared on Thursday of involvement in the deaths of 21 Kurdish people two decades ago, in a court case European officials and activists had said was a tes…
Gunmen snatch dozens of Tunisians in Libya: officials
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in western Libya to demand the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia, families and authorities said on Thursday.
