Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head seen nearer
ROME (Reuters) – An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is “getting closer every day,” a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on Sunday.
Air strikes in northwest Pakistan kill 20 militants: officials
BANNU, Pakistan (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan’s northwestern Shawal Valley on Sunday, intelligence officials said, more than a month after security forces moved in on Pakistani Taliban strongholds in the reg…
Armed Tunisian police swarm streets of tourist towns
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Hundreds of armed police patrolled the streets of Tunisia’s beach resorts on Sunday and the government said it will deploy hundreds more inside hotels after the Islamist militant attack in Sousse that killed 39 foreigners, m…
Venezuela’s struggling socialists hold primaries for parliamentary vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling socialists held primaries on Sunday ahead of December’s parliamentary election they are forecast to lose due to a biting recession and discontent with the late Hugo Chavez’s uncharismatic successor.
Flash floods, landslides kill 23 in southeastern Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 23 people have died in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains that lashed southeastern Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday.
Bus carrying British children crashes in Belgium, driver dead
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A British bus with 34 children on board overturned and crashed on a motorway in Belgium on Sunday morning, killing a driver, a local mayor said.
Rouhani aims to bring transparency to Iran’s legal system
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s judicial system must become more transparent and political crimes should be clearly defined, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, in some of his strongest comments on domestic reform since taking office.
European tour operators evacuate thousands from Tunisia after attack
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tour companies were evacuating thousands of foreign holidaymakers from Tunisia on Saturday, a day after a gunman killed 39 people at a beach hotel in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
Albanian police arrest brothers suspected of killing officer
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albanian police have arrested two brothers suspected of leading the group of youths that shot dead an elite police officer in a raid on a village known until last year for producing cannabis worth hundred of millions of dollars.
Kurds secure Syria’s Kobani as Islamic State targets northeast
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish fighters said they had fully secured the town of Kobani near the Turkish border on Saturday and killed more than 60 Islamic State militants, two days after the hardline group launched an incursion with suicide bombers….
