Trains crash near Budapest, 19 people injured
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Two trains crashed 50km (31 miles) northeast of Budapest early on Sunday, injuring 19 people, Hungarian police said.
French policeman wounded by gunshot near Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – A French policeman was slightly wounded by a gunshot on Sunday as he tried to apprehend two men who had broken into an Interior Ministry building just outside Paris, a ministry spokesman said.
Eight people killed in renewed firing along disputed Kashmir border
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14, officials said on Sunday.
India’s Modi disappoints supporters with low-key speech
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reforms agenda got blocked in parliament, people in his camp were hoping the famed orator will use a key Independence Day speech to renew confidence in his leadership.
Tributes for Pakistan’s former spy chief bound to anger neighbors
KARACHI (Reuters) – Tributes for Pakistan’s late former military spy chief Lieutenant General Hamid Gul poured in on Sunday, words bound to infuriate Pakistan’s neighbors after he spent a career promoting Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and India.
Syrians begin boarding refugee ship on Greek island
KOS, Greece (Reuters) – Hundreds of Syrian migrants on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday began boarding a passenger ship that is to house and process them, in a bid to ease sometimes chaotic conditions onshore.
Support for Japan’s Abe bounces after ‘utmost grief’ for war statement: poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has bounced in the first poll conducted after he expressed “utmost grief” for the suffering Japan caused during World War Two in a speech marking the 70th anniversary of Japan’s defeat.
Suicide bomber kills at least 3 in Nigeria’s Borno
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped on her body near a market in the northeastern Nigerian State of Borno, killing at least three people, police and civilian vigilante sources said on Saturday.
Mali armed groups clash near rebel stronghold Kidal: sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Rival armed groups in northern Mali said on Saturday they briefly exchanged fire in the first apparent breach of a peace accord they signed with the government in June.
Ecuador declares state of emergency over Cotopaxi volcano activity
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa on Saturday declared a state of emergency following increased activity the day before at the giant Cotopaxi volcano, giving the government greater leeway to mobilize financial resources in the event a…
