Mexican survivor recounts three-hour aerial bombing ordeal in Egypt
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Egyptian warplanes mistakenly bombed a convoy of Mexican tourists five times over three hours, even though security forces on the ground had cleared their passage, one of six survivors of Sunday’s deadly attack said.
Australian ruling coalition sees poll bounce after ousting PM Abbott
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s ruling Liberal-National coalition is leading its Labor opposition for the first time in 16 months after former prime minister Tony Abbott was toppled by Malcolm Turnbull in a party-room coup four days ago, an opinion poll…
Number of children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 million: UNICEF
ABUJA (Reuters) – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighboring countries has reached 1.4 million, the U.N. children agency UNICEF said on Friday.
Veteran politician named new Guinea-Bissau PM
BISSAU (Reuters) – Veteran politician Carlos Correia was sworn in as Guinea-Bissau’s new prime minister on Thursday amid hopes that his appointment might diffuse a weeks-long political crisis in the coup-prone West African state.
UK PM Cameron rules out second Scottish independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland must move on from its failed bid for independence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, using the first anniversary of an historic referendum to rule out holding another vote on the issue.
Brazil opposition seeks Rousseff impeachment for fiscal crimes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s opposition parties on Thursday filed a request in Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff for breaking fiscal rules by allegedly manipulating government finances to benefit her re-election last year.
Iraqi militia leader condemns Turks’ abduction, but slams Ankara policy
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The head of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, one of Iraq’s fiercest Shi’ite militias, on Thursday denounced the abduction of 18 Turkish workers in Baghdad earlier this month but condemned Turkey as Iraq’s biggest enemy.
Exclusive: Syrian army starts using new weapons from Russia – military source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian military has recently started using new types of air and ground weapons supplied by Russia, a Syrian military source told Reuters on Thursday, underlining growing Russian support for Damascus that is alarming the United St…
Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit
TOVARNIK, Croatia (Reuters) – Croatia threatened to close its border with Serbia on Thursday as migrants fled from overwhelmed police, trekked through fields and tried to steal into Slovenia by train in a desperate march westwards that is sowing discor…
U.S. says concerned over barring of candidates in Myanmar vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday expressed concern over reports that 100 mostly Muslim candidates in Myanmar’s Nov. 8 general election have been disqualified and called on the authorities in the Southeast Asian country to address it…
