Central African president calls for tougher mandate for U.N. mission
DAKAR (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim President Catherine Samba-Panza called on Saturday for a tougher mandate for the U.N. mission, MINUSCA, and the disarmament of militias and rebels after more than 40 people were killed in the capital…
Diggers hunt survivors in buried Guatemala town, death toll rises
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – Diggers plowed into a huge mound of earth and rubble burying part of a Guatemalan town to search for any survivors of a massive landslide that killed at least 29 people and left hundreds more missing.
Saudi Arabia says one Syrian, one Filipino arrested in illegal bomb factory raid
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian security forces arrested a Syrian man accused of plotting attacks and his Filipino accomplice in a raid on an illegal explosives factory in Riyadh, the interior ministry said on Saturday, according to state news agency …
Migrants break into Channel Tunnel as tension mounts in Calais
LILLE/LONDON (Reuters) – About 200 migrants broke into the Channel Tunnel from France while several hundred others held up lorries near Calais port on Saturday in renewed tension on the route for migrants trying to reach Britain.
Marking 25 years of German unity, president says refugee crisis even bigger challenge
BERLIN (Reuters) – As Germany celebrated 25 years since reunification on Saturday, President Joachim Gauck said Europe’s refugee crisis posed a greater challenge to the country than the welding together of western Germany and the former communist East….
Greece must stick to program to exit bailout: PM
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece must implement its bailout program fast to achieve its main aim of regaining access to market financing and escaping international supervision, re-elected leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday.
Rebels accuse South Sudan government of attacks weeks after peace deal
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels said on Saturday government troops had attacked their positions over the last three days, casting further doubt on a fragile peace agreement in the world’s youngest country.
Suicide bombings in Nigerian capital kill 15: officials
ABUJA (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed and 41 injured in two suicide bomb attacks late on Friday on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital Abuja, officials said.
Obama warns Russia’s Putin of ‘quagmire’ in Syria
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a “quagmire,” after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
At least 39 civilians, 14 fighters killed since start of Russian air strikes: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 39 civilians, including eight children and eight women, have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria in the past four days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.
