North Korea’s titular head of state to visit Moscow instead of Kim Jong Un
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s titular head of state will travel to Moscow this month instead of the country’s young leader, Kim Jong Un, for ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe, according to state media.
Mounted police charge Ethiopian-Israeli anti-racism protesters
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Police on horseback charged hundreds of ethnic Ethiopian citizens in central Tel Aviv on Sunday as an anti-racism protest descended into one of the most violent demonstrations in Israel’s commercial capital in years.
Airliner diverted to UAE airbase after blast warning: news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Air Arabia airliner flying from Kuwait to the United Arab Emirates was diverted to a UAE military airbase on Sunday after a passenger warned the plane was about to explode, the UAE state news agency WAM reported.
Two men arrested by North Korea say they spied for South: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men arrested by North Korea in March said in interviews with CNN that they spied for South Korea’s intelligence agency, the cable television news network reported on Sunday.
Taliban, Afghan figures talk ceasefire but fail to agree
AL-KHOR, Qatar/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban representatives met with Afghan political figures for a second day in Qatar on Sunday, and one participant said the two sides discussed a possible ceasefire but ultimately disagreed over the continu…
Freed Nigerian women tell of horror of Boko Haram captivity
YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest where many died of hunger and disease, freed captives said on Sunday after they were brought to a govern…
Heavy clashes in Aden airport, alliance accused of cluster bomb use
ADEN (Reuters) – Local fighters battling the rebel Houthi militia in Yemen’s port of Aden stormed areas around the airport on Sunday in an operation supervised by the Saudi-led coalition, which also provided air support, the group’s spokesman said.
Three rescued eight days after Nepal quake as U.S. Marines arrive
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Three people were pulled alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, as a supply logjam threatened to hamper disaster relief efforts bolstered by the arrival of U.S. aircraft and troops.
Britain’s new princess meets royal family members
LONDON (Reuters) – The newest member of Britain’s royal family, a daughter born to Prince William and his wife Kate, met her grandparents and other family members at the couple’s Kensington Palace home in London on Sunday.
French patrol ship rescues 217 migrants off Libya coast
PARIS (Reuters) – A French patrol ship rescued 217 migrants from three small boats that had run into trouble off the coast of Libya on Saturday, the maritime police said in a statement.
