Two Mali soldiers killed, others injured in landmine explosion
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Two Malian soldiers were killed and others were wounded on Sunday when their vehicle struck a landmine in the center of the West African nation, a defense ministry official said.
Italy picks up 700 boat migrants, says rescue operations ongoing
ROME (Reuters) – Italian ships have picked up almost 700 migrants in seven inflatable boats and further rescue operations are underway as calm seas favored departures from Libya for the Italian coast, the coast guard said on Sunday.
Taste of its own medicine? Austerity overshadows Finland vote
KOTKA, Finland (Reuters) – When Finland’s opposition leader and likely new prime minister Juha Sipila warned Finland could be the next Greece, it was an election campaign quip with a serious side – signaling the risks for a country facing a perfect sto…
Clashes with Taliban take growing toll on Afghan civilians in 2015
KABUL (Reuters) – Ground clashes between Afghan government forces and the Taliban claimed 8 percent more civilian casualties in the first three months of 2015, the United Nations said on Sunday, and the approaching summer could match last year’s deadly…
Japan Abe’s bloc wins two key governor races, bolstering policy push
TOKYO (Reuters) – Candidates backed by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won two key governor elections on Sunday, setting the stage for him to push through divisive policies to boost defense and restart nuclear reactors shut after the 20…
Drone strike in northwest Pakistan kills four suspected militants
PARACHINAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said, as al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent confirmed two of its commanders had …
Poland’s President Komorowski edges up in poll as election looms
WARSAW (Reuters) – With less than one month before Poland’s presidential election, an opinion poll on Sunday showed President Bronislaw Komorowski ahead with 46 percent support from those polled while his conservative challenger Andrzej Duda was backed…
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
(This April 11 story corrects ninth paragraph to read “son of”)
German foreign minister rejects calls to invite Putin to G7 talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier dismissed on Sunday calls from the radical Left party to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to this year’s summit of the Group of Seven industrial powers.
Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos neck-to-neck with mainstream parties: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos would win an election by a razor-thin margin if it were held now, a poll showed, but the new leftist party has lost some support in recent months and is running virtually neck-to-neck with the two mains…
