African Union says Burundi crisis a ‘catastrophic’ risk for region
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The crisis in strife-torn Burundi risks spiraling into a “catastrophe’ for the country and the wider region, the African Union warned on Sunday, after the killing of a senior military official amid escalating unrest.
Cuba’s top diplomat for U.S. sees long road to normal ties
HAVANA (Reuters) – Josefina Vidal receives a check from the United States for $4,085 once a year, rent money for the U.S. naval base at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
Iraq’s Abadi orders commanders to face trial over Ramadi withdrawal
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi directed military commanders on Sunday to face a court martial for abandoning their positions in Ramadi, as he pushed ahead with a campaign aimed at combating corruption and mismanagement.
Arms seized in Kuwait came from Iran: Kuwaiti newspapers
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A huge arms cache seized in Kuwait last week was smuggled into the country from Iran, two Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Sunday.
Germany says situation in eastern Ukraine ‘explosive’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine “explosive”, Germany’s foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence.
Anti-Houthi fighters poised to seize key central Yemen city
SANAA (Reuters) – Militia forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled government fought their way deep into the central city of Taiz on Sunday, local officials said, largely pushing out Houthi militiamen from the country’s third largest city.
Trains crash near Budapest, 19 people injured
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Two trains crashed 50km (31 miles) northeast of Budapest early on Sunday, injuring 19 people, Hungarian police said.
French policeman wounded by gunshot near Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – A French policeman was slightly wounded by a gunshot on Sunday as he tried to apprehend two men who had broken into an Interior Ministry building just outside Paris, a ministry spokesman said.
Eight people killed in renewed firing along disputed Kashmir border
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14, officials said on Sunday.
India’s Modi disappoints supporters with low-key speech
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reforms agenda got blocked in parliament, people in his camp were hoping the famed orator will use a key Independence Day speech to renew confidence in his leadership.
