Britain’s new princess named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have named their newborn daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, a choice that honors the baby’s late grandmother Princess Diana and her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth.
About 100 bodies found in Nepal trekking village
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police and local volunteers found the bodies of about 100 trekkers and villagers buried in an avalanche set off by last month’s devastating earthquake and were digging through snow and ice for signs of dozens more missing, …
Britain can’t impose its agenda on EU: Juncker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain should get a fair deal in the European Union but cannot impose its agenda on the bloc’s other 27 members, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday, weighing in on a sensitive issue in a tight British election r…
NY’s Giuliani to El Salvador: Annihilate gangs to boost security
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s two rival gangs must be destroyed in order to quell violent crime in the increasingly lawless Central American country, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said at a local business conference on Monday.
Saudi-led alliance mulls partial truces in Yemen: statement
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi-led Arab alliance conducting air strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen is considering calling truces in specific areas in Yemen to allow humanitarian supplies to reach the country, the Saudi foreign minister said on Monday…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram in disarray as government forces advance
MALKOHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram is fracturing as shortages of weapons and fuel foment tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders, women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters by Nigerian troops told Reuters.
Poll suggests Britons more likely to vote to stay in EU
LONDON (Reuters) – Britons are more likely to vote to stay part of the European Union than leave in a future membership referendum, a poll showed on Monday, with only 18 percent saying they would definitely elect to exit the bloc.
Afghan talks agree on reopening Taliban political office
AL-KHOR, Qatar/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Representatives at preliminary talks aiming to end Afghanistan’s long war have agreed that Taliban insurgents should open a political office for negotiations, but disagreement over foreign troops is still h…
Iraqi forces plead for help as Islamic State closes in on refinery
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces besieged inside the country’s largest oil refinery are running low on food and pleading for reinforcements to save them from Islamic State militants who have advanced deep into the compound in the past week.
U.S. warships accompany British commercial vessels in Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy warships have begun accompanying British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Iran’s detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship last week, the Pentagon said on Monday.
