Pearl Harbor ceremony unites former U.S. and Japanese pilots
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Former U.S. airman Jack DeTour, 92, and Japanese fighter pilot Shiro Wakita, 88, sworn enemies during World War Two, together poured whiskey from a battered canteen into Pearl Harbor on Sunday to commemorate the 1941 attack on the …
Venezuela Socialists at risk in high-stakes legislative vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans voted for a new legislature on Sunday in an election that may punish the ruling Socialists for a brutal economic crisis and give the opposition a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro.
India gets cash flowing in flood-hit south as banks open Sunday
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s banks will work on Sunday to aid residents left without food, power and access to money in the flood-hit southern city of Chennai and surrounding areas, as cash dispensers have been emptied or lost power due to electricity ou…
Knife attacker slashes man in London ‘terrorist incident’
LONDON (Reuters) – A knife attacker slashed a man at an east London metro station, reportedly screaming “This is for Syria!”, in what police described as a terrorist incident, prompting a senior minister to urge Britons on Sunday not to be intimidated….
French far-right makes major breakthrough to top regional elections
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front pulled off a historic win on Sunday, topping the vote in the first round of regional elections, in a breakthrough that shakes up the country’s political landscape before 2017 presidential elections.
Sweden-Israel rift deepens over comments on Palestinian deaths
JERUSALEM/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Relations between Sweden and Israel hit a fresh low on Sunday after Israel said Sweden’s foreign minister had accused it of unlawful killings and Stockholm responded by saying that the comments had been “blown out of rea…
Central African Republic dubs rebel leader enemy no. 1
BANGUI (Reuters) – The Central African Republic government dubbed a Seleka rebel leader “enemy number one” on Sunday in a move likely to further complicate the chances of ending the current wave of political turmoil.
Wave of young Afghan migrants seen hurting economy they leave behind
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan software entrepreneur Farshid Ghyasi, chief executive of the Netlinks company, is struggling to keep his best employees, as more plan to join a wave of migrants leaving for Europe that risks causing long-term damage to the coun…
Paris a reminder India risks missing lessons from Mumbai attack
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Last month, during an exercise to test India’s readiness for a militant attack, teams of coast guards approached Mumbai and surrounding areas by sea, just as assailants did before deadly strikes in 2008. Several teams slipp…
Turkey to stop sending soldiers to Iraq after Baghdad protests
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Sunday it would halt further transfers of troops to an area near the Islamic State-controlled Iraqi city of Mosul after Baghdad threatened to appeal to the United Nations to force Turkey to withdraw its soldier…
