Guinea Bissau president dismisses cabinet after court ruling
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz dismissed his two-day-old cabinet on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled that his appointment of a new prime minister was unconstitutional, a presidential decree said.
Western states train Kurdish force in Syria, force’s leader says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Western states have provided counter-terrorism training in Syria to Kurdish security forces that are battling Islamic State, the head of the force said, in a significant expansion of support to the Kurdish administration in northern …
Saudi-led air raids hit bases, Houthi leaders’ houses in Yemeni capital
SANAA (Reuters) – War planes from a Saudi-led military alliance bombed Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Thursday, in what witnesses described as the fiercest attacks on the city in over five months of war.
In aging Germany, refugees seen as tomorrow’s skilled workers
DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) – While many European countries say asylum seekers could damage their economies if they let in too many, Germany is counting on the record numbers pouring across its borders to save its own.
Tens of people killed in southeastern Turkish town under curfew
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Interior Minister Selami Altinok said on Thursday that between 30-32 Kurdish militants and one civilian had been killed in clashes in the southeastern town of Cizre since a curfew was enforced there last Friday.
India in diplomatic row over rape case ahead of Modi’s Saudi visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador over allegations one of the Middle East country’s officials repeatedly raped two Nepali maids, sparking a diplomatic row ahead of a planned state visit by Prime Minister …
Pope adds Kenya, scene of attacks on Christians, to Africa trip
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will visit Kenya in November, the Vatican said on Thursday, a country where Christians have recently been targeted by Islamist militants.
Catalan separatists tipped to win slim majority in regional vote
MADRID (Reuters) – Separatist parties are on track to win a slim majority of seats in Catalonia’s parliament in a Sept. 27 election, a poll indicated on Thursday, potentially paving the way for the wealthy northeastern region to declare independence fr…
More than 100,000 flee floods in Japan after ‘once-in-50-years’ rain
JOSO, Japan (Reuters) – Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes.
Grenade attacks kill two in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Grenade attacks in Central African Republic’s Bangui killed at least two people late on Wednesday in a rare incident of violence in the capital, the United Nations and residents said.
