Two soldiers, 11 suspected Boko Haram fighters killed in Chad attacks
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – At least two soldiers and 11 militants were killed on Sunday in suspected Boko Haram attacks on two remote military posts in the Lake Chad area, Chad’s government and military sources said.
Six infants drown as migrant boat capsizes off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) – Eleven migrants including six infants drowned when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos, trapping most of them in the cabin, the coast guard said on Sunday.
Pope hints Central African Republic visit could be canceled
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis indicated on Sunday that his planned visit to the Central African Republic this month could be canceled if violence between Christians and Muslims there worsens.
Egypt bars scores of Egyptians from traveling -Human Rights Watch
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has increasingly used unlawful means to prevent citizens from traveling outside the country over the past year, a report from Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, another sign of the government’s tightening grip on political oppos…
Islamist al Shabaab attacks Somali hotel, kill at least 13
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Security forces in the Somali capital fought for several hours on Sunday before clearing a hotel of Islamist al Shabaab gunmen who had stormed the building after two bombs ripped into it, police and witnesses said. At least 13 peo…
Kurdish forces prepare for battle to retake Iraq’s Sinjar
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering …
Exit now, pay later: Germany’s rushed farewell to nuclear power
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – When Chancellor Angela Merkel called up the boss of Germany’s biggest power producer RWE two days after the first explosion at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, there was no mention of a u-turn in her energy policy.
U.N. envoy says expects Yemen talks by mid-November
MANAMA (Reuters) – The U.N. special envoy to Yemen said on Sunday he expects talks between its warring parties to begin by mid-November, eight months after the start of a messy civil war that has killed thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis.
China, Japan, South Korea pledge economic cooperation at first summit in over three years
SEOUL (Reuters) – The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China pledged to work toward greater economic integration at their first joint meeting in over three years on Sunday, as they work to ease tensions stemming from Japan’s wartime past.
FBI says no ‘conclusive evidence’ Maldives boat blast caused by bomb
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it has found no conclusive evidence that an explosion on a boat transporting Maldives President Abdulla Yameen was caused by a bomb.
