Car bomb on EU vehicle kills at least three in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber rammed a European Union vehicle near the main airport in Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday, killing two Afghan civilians and a British security contractor in the latest attack in the city, officials said.
West clings to fraying Ukraine peace deal despite Kiev doubts
KIEV (Reuters) – Western powers are clinging to a fraying peace deal in Ukraine and forcing Kiev to follow suit, even though Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of wavering and NATO is warning that Moscow may be preparing for a new offensive…
Despite tension, Xi says U.S.-China relations are stable
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ties with the United States remain stable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he sought to defuse tension over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea that has raised fears of confrontation between them.
Islamic State dead in U.S. Syria raid climbs to 32: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 32 Islamic State members, including four of its leaders, were killed in air strikes and a U.S. special forces raid that targeted the group in eastern Syria, a group monitoring the Syrian war said on Sunday.
Three Ukrainian servicemen killed, 17 wounded in past 24 hours in east: Ukrainian military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and 17 wounded in fresh separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine in violation of a ceasefire agreement, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Sunday.
At least 10 killed in overnight fighting in Yemen’s Taiz
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in overnight battles in the Yemeni city of Taiz between Houthis and militiamen, residents and medical sources said on Sunday.
Egypt executes six militants for attack on soldiers
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has executed six members of a Sinai-based militant group with links to Islamic State for carrying out an attack on soldiers near Cairo in 2014, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Pope Francis canonizes two Palestinian women
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis named two Palestinian women as saints on Sunday, in a ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square just days after the Vatican formalized its de facto recognition of the State of Palestine.
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ over Mursi death sentence bid by Egyptian court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about an Egyptian court decision to seek the death penalty for former President Mohamed Mursi, a State Department official said on Sunday.
Special Report: The middle-class Islamists behind Tunisia’s museum attack
SBIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) – One of the young men was a high school literature student who helped his father tend the family olive trees in their isolated farming community near the Algerian border.
