Afghan clerics uneasy as civil rights movement gains momentum
KABUL (Reuters) – Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul and widespread anger over the lynching of a young woman wrongly accused of burning a Kora…
Polish president suffers shock reverse in first round vote: exit poll
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski came in a surprise second behind his conservative opponent in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday and must now face him in a run-off, an exit poll showed.
Putin says Ukraine peace ‘moving forward’ despite problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that the peace process in eastern Ukraine was progressing despite difficulties.
Putin says Ukraine peace ‘moving forward’ despite problems
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that the peace process in eastern Ukraine was progressing despite difficulties.
Venezuela parliamentary elections to be held in fourth quarter
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections in the last quarter of this year and the exact date will be announced soon, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE) said on Sunday.
Houthis accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia
CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said it would respond to any violations of the pause.
Ten killed in latest gang violence in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Ten suspected gang members were killed in eastern El Salvador in two incidents apparently perpetrated by other gang members, police said on Sunday, the latest in a surge of violence in the Central American country.
Nearly 600 rescued off northern Indonesia, thought to be Rohingyas
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Nearly 600 migrants thought to be Rohingya refugees from Myanmar were rescued from two wooden boats stranded off the coast of Indonesia’s northern Aceh province, authorities said on Sunday.
Merkel’s party suffers another state loss as euroskeptics roll on
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party looked set to win seats in a fifth straight regional parliament on Sunday after an election in the city-state of Bremen where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives were badly bea…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it killed 20 Syrian al Qaeda militants
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah said on Sunday it had killed over 20 fighters from Syria’s al Qaeda wing and destroyed several hideouts and training camps the fighters had set up to launch attacks in Lebanon across the rug…
