A new generation of Kurdish militants takes fight to Turkey’s cities
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Young, urban-based fighters, many of them still teenagers, have taken center in the conflict between Kurdish militants and Turkish security forces that has flared anew in southeast Turkey since a two-year ceasefire fell a…
Israeli strikes hit Syrian army on Golan: rebel sources, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least three Israeli air strikes hit Syrian army targets on the Golan Heights on Sunday, rebel sources and a monitoring group said.
Helicopter attack kills 30 civilians in Yemen village: residents, medics
SANAA (Reuters) – Residents and medics said air strikes by helicopters flying from Saudi Arabia killed 30 civilians in a Yemeni village on Sunday, but Saudi authorities dismissed the accounts as “totally false”.
Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutc…
At least four dead in second day of clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least four people were shot dead on Sunday in the capital of Central African Republic, hospital sources said, in a second day of inter-religious clashes that the government said were aimed at derailing elections next month.
U.N’s new global goals applauded but now for the tough part: action
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It’s taken three years to write the script for the future of the world, but now it’s time for the much-anticipated performance to begin.
Merkel ally denies accusations of plagiarism in Ph.D thesis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, a potential successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel as conservative leader, has denied accusations of plagiarism in the doctoral dissertation she wrote 25 years ago.
South Africa’s female anti-poachers call on U.N. to protect natural resources
UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unemployed and bored, Collet Ngobeni and Felicia Mogakane both jumped at the chance when asked if they wanted to join South Africa’s first all-female anti-poaching team.
Attack on Afghan soccer match kills nine, wounds over 50
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack at a football match in southeast Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, Afghan officials said.
Kerry, Lavrov discussed possible ‘transition’ in Syria: U.S. official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday discussed Russia’s military involvement in Syria, as well as ways to “de-conflict” and the possibility of a political transition for the war-ra…
