World Bank warns climate change could add 100 million poor by 2030
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said on Sunday.
Iran criticizes Saudi Arabia over execution of its citizens
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran summoned the Saudi charge d’affaires in Tehran on Sunday to protest over the execution of three Iranians in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking, according to the Fars news agency.
Egypt arrests rights activist over report of military trial: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt arrested a prominent journalist and human rights advocate on Sunday after he was questioned by military intelligence over a report he published about a trial of former army officers, security sources said.
Third possible death being probed near burst Brazil dams
MARIANA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities on Sunday were investigating a third possible death caused by a massive mudflow and flooding that swamped towns near an iron ore mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
U.S. drone crashes in Kuwait: Kuwaiti defense ministry
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A pilotless U.S. military drone crashed in rural Kuwait on Sunday, causing no injuries, the small Gulf Arab state’s defense ministry said in a statement.
Venezuela says U.S. intelligence plane violated air space
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said a U.S. Coast Guard intelligence plane violated its airspace on Friday and that other planes with capacity to gather information were circulating close to the South American country.
Germany’s capacity to take in refugees is limited, Schaeuble says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany needs to send a message to the world that it’s reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe’s flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for …
Ruling Social Democrats, conservatives tied in Croatia vote
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s ruling Social Democrats and their main opposition, the conservative Patriotic Coalition, appeared to tie in an election on Sunday, one exit poll showed, suggesting lengthy coalition talks with smaller parties in the newest …
Exclusive: Investigators ’90 percent sure’ bomb downed Russian plane
CAIRO (Reuters) – Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are “90 percent sure” the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters on Sunday.
Yemen fighting kills more than 50: residents, medical sources
ADEN (Reuters) – More than 50 people were killed in Yemen in the past two days in fighting pitting an Arab coalition against Houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, medical sources and residents said on Sunday.
