U.S., allies conduct 22 air strikes against Islamic State – U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have conducted 22 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Derelict Kos hotel a haven for migrants trapped in Greece
KOS, Greece (Reuters) – Mohammed Ibrahim fled fighting in Afghanistan for a better life in Germany but found himself trapped in a derelict hotel on the Greek island of Kos. He has little food and water, but still hopes to find a way to leave soon.
Brazil protests aim to oust embattled President Rousseff
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across Brazil on Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whom they blame for a vast corruption scandal and the economy’s worst slump in a quarter century.
Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region
JAKARTA (Reuters) – An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the Southeast Asian nation.
Air strikes near Damascus kill at least 80 people: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed at least 80 people in a marketplace on Sunday, rescue workers in the rebel-held area and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Myanmar ruling party leaders to meet Monday before parliamentary showdown
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling party has called a hastily arranged leadership meeting on Monday to prepare for a showdown with their ousted party chairman in parliament this week, two senior party members told Reuters on Sunday.
Blast kills Pakistani provincial minister in PM’s political heartland
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least eight others when it destroyed the minister’s home on Sunday in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s political heartland of Punjab.
Volunteers fill aid void in Greek ‘crisis within a crisis’
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Father Efstratios Dimou knows all about physical suffering and his family has also known what it is to be a refugee. Now the Orthodox priest leads a small army of volunteers on the island of Lesbos tackling Greece’s crisis wi…
Suspected al Shabaab fighters warn Kenyan villagers to shun police
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Dozens of suspected Somali al Shabaab fighters swept into a Kenyan village and lectured locals for at least two hours before disappearing into a nearby forest without attacking anyone, police and residents said on Sunday.
U.S., Germany to pull Patriot missiles from Turkey
BERLIN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and Germany said they will pull Patriot missile batteries from southern Turkey after a reassessment of the threats stemming from the conflict in neighboring Syria.
