Powers back unity government in Libya to deter Islamic State
ROME (Reuters) – Global powers on Sunday backed the formation of a national unity government in Libya, pledging economic and security support to help stabilize the chaotic North African country where Islamic State militants have a foothold.
French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen
PARIS (Reuters) – Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections on Sunday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.
In U-turn, South Africa’s Zuma restores Gordhan to finance ministry
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma appointed Pravin Gordhan as finance minister on Sunday, in a dramatic U-turn that gave South Africa its third finance chief in a week after a selling frenzy in the markets.
Migrant crisis hangs over Costa Rican president’s visit to Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis arrived in Cuba on Sunday with plans to increase trade overshadowed by what to do with nearly 5,000 Cuban migrants stranded in his country.
Brazilians take to streets to demand Rousseff’s impeachment
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday to demand President Dilma Rousseff’s ouster, but the first nationwide protests since formal impeachment proceedings began were smaller than similar events earlier this …
Dozens die in strikes on Syrian school district, other areas
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense air and missile strikes on a school district and other areas in insurgent-held Damascus suburbs killed dozens of people on Sunday, including children, a monitoring group and local rescue workers said.
Merkel dismisses U.S. request for more military help against Islamic State
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday brushed off what a Germany magazine said was a request from the United States to provide more military help in the fight against Islamic State.
Central African Republic voters brave violence in crucial referendum
BANGUI (Reuters) – Voters in Central African Republic braved heavy fighting and intimidation by armed groups to cast their ballots on Sunday in a constitutional referendum seen as a crucial step toward ending nearly three years of violence.
Merkel wants to ‘drastically reduce’ refugee arrivals in Germany
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to “drastically decrease” the number of refugees coming to Germany, signaling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of …
U.S. ‘shocked’ at Hungarian plans to honor WW2 anti-Semite
SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary (Reuters) – A U.S. envoy said on Sunday Washington was shocked by plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, who contributed to murderous anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s.
