Helicopter attack kills 30 civilians in Yemen village: residents, medics
SANAA (Reuters) – Residents and medics said air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as “totally false”.
Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutc…
At least four dead in second day of clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least four people were shot dead on Sunday in the capital of Central African Republic, hospital sources said, in a second day of inter-religious clashes that the government said were aimed at derailing elections next month.
U.N’s new global goals applauded but now for the tough part: action
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It’s taken three years to write the script for the future of the world, but now it’s time for the much-anticipated performance to begin.
Merkel ally denies accusations of plagiarism in Ph.D thesis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, a potential successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel as conservative leader, has denied accusations of plagiarism in the doctoral dissertation she wrote 25 years ago.
South Africa’s female anti-poachers call on U.N. to protect natural resources
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unemployed and bored, Collet Ngobeni and Felicia Mogakane both jumped at the chance when asked if they wanted to join South Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching team.
Attack on Afghan soccer match kills nine, wounds over 50
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack at a football match in southeast Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, Afghan officials said.
Kerry, Lavrov discussed possible ‘transition’ in Syria: U.S. official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday discussed Russia’s military involvement in Syria, as well as ways to “de-conflict” and the possibility of a political transition for the war-ra…
Opposition Communist candidate elected Russian regional governor
IRKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) – Opposition Communist politician Sergei Levchenko was elected as the governor of Siberia’s Irkutsk region, official results showed on Sunday, the first victory by a non-Kremlin candidate in Russian gubernatorial elections sin…
France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria
UNITED NATIONS/PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Sunday it launched its first air strikes in Syria, destroying an Islamic State training camp in the east of the country to prevent the group from carrying out attacks against French interests and to prote…
