Support for Japan’s Abe sags after security bills passed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell after the passage of controversial national security bills, which could let troops fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two, polls published on Monday …
At least five killed in suicide bomb attack in northern Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday in the northern Cameroon town of Mora, military sources said, in what appeared to be the latest cross-border attack by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militant group….
Mexico leftist party to consider tie-ups to challenge Pena Nieto
(Reuters) – Mexican’s main leftist opposition party on Sunday agreed to consider political tie-ups with conservative rivals as it gears up to take on President Enrique Pena Nieto´s Institutional Revolutionary Party in state elections due next year.
Colombia’s Santos goes to Venezuela meeting without ‘great expectations’
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday he will attend a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart to resolve an ongoing border crisis with “the best intentions but without great expectations”.
New Philippine senator Poe widens lead in presidential opinion polls
MANILA (Reuters) – A novice senator who is the adopted daughter of a late popular movie action hero has increased her lead as the favorite to win the presidency of the Philippines at elections next year, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
Three blasts hit northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri: military
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Three blasts struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said on Sunday, a day after a new audio message purportedly from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau accused the army of lying about succ…
Three blasts hit northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri: military
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Three blasts struck the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman said on Sunday, a day after a new audio message purportedly from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau accused the army of lying about succ…
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
BRUSSELS/ LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent’s worst migration crisis since World War Two at an emergency summit this week.
Pope meets Fidel Castro, warns against ideology on Cuba trip
HAVANA (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as their country enters a new era of closer ties with the United States.
Greek leftist Tsipras returns in unexpectedly decisive vote win
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece’s battered economy to recovery.
