Clashes, militant bombing kill nine in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey on Sunday, as authorities imposed a curfew in the region’s largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security so…
Clashes, militant bombing kill nine in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey on Sunday, as authorities imposed a curfew in the region’s largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security so…
U.S.-led coalition conducts 25 air strikes against Islamic State militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition struck Islamic State militants on Saturday with 18 air strikes in Iraq and seven in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Sunday.
School building collapses in central Nigeria killing four students
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – An Islamic school building collapsed in the town of Bukuru in Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday afternoon, killing at least four students and injuring 14 others, the state coordinator of emergency services said.
Cuba detains dissidents ahead of Pope Francis visit
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban police detained about 50 people when a predominantly Roman Catholic dissident group led a march in Havana on Sunday, less than a week before Pope Francis visits the communist-ruled country.
Last chance for Brazil’s Rousseff to save mandate: newspaper
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has one last chance to stem a growing political and economic crisis before being forced to step down, one of the country’s leading daily newspapers said on Sunday.
Al Qaeda chief urges lone wolf attacks, militant unity
CAIRO (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks inside there and urged greater unity between militants.
Iran nuclear official says uranium exploration results promising
DUBAI (Reuters) – Preliminary exploration surveys for raw uranium in Iran are progressing well but it is too early to announce any discoveries, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) was quoted as saying on Sunday.
At least nine killed in twin bomb attacks in north Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed in two bomb attacks on Sunday in the northern Cameroon town of Kolofata, according to local officials, in what appeared to be the latest attack by the Boko Haram Islamist militant group from nearby N…
Zimbabwe court charges South Africans over attempt to export wildlife
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court has charged three South African men with illegally capturing 29 sable antelopes and attempting to export them without a permit, the local parks authority said on Sunday.
