France attack suspect admits killing, police make link to Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria…
Turkish police use water cannon to disperse gay pride parade
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse a gay pride parade in central Istanbul on Sunday, after organizers said they had been refused permission to march this year because of the Muslim holy month of Ramada…
Anti-austerity protesters rally at Greek parliament
ATHENS (Reuters) – Several hundred anti-austerity protesters, chanting slogans against the European Union and IMF, rallied near parliament in Athens on Sunday as a deepening crisis forced Greece’s leftist government to announce capital controls on the …
Gunmen kill senior Iraqi oil official in Iraq’s Kirkuk
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a senior oil official working for Iraq’s state-run North Oil Company (NOC) on Sunday, police and company officials said.
Libyan factions sit at the same table in U.N. peace talks
SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) – Officials from Libya’s rival parliaments sat down at the same table for the first time on Sunday at the latest round of United Nations-backed peace talks in Morocco – a move negotiators saw as an important step to forming a…
Three killed in mortar attack on Damascus: Syrian state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A mortar bomb killed three people and wounded 12 more in a market place in northeast Damascus on Sunday, Syrian state television reported, after months of relative calm in the capital.
U.S. air strikes target militants near border in east Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. military air strikes have targeted militants who were threatening international coalition forces near the border in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. forces spokesman said on Sunday.
Taiwan probes water park fire as tally of injured put at 498
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The number of party revelers injured in a fire at a Taiwan water park was put at 498 on Sunday as authorities began investigating the cause, suspected to be a sudden explosion of a colored powder thrown on those attending the party.
Historic meeting of pope and Russian Orthodox head seen nearer
ROME (Reuters) – An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is “getting closer every day,” a senior Orthodox prelate said in an interview published on Sunday.
Air strikes in northwest Pakistan kill 20 militants: officials
BANNU, Pakistan (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 20 suspected militants in Pakistan’s northwestern Shawal Valley on Sunday, intelligence officials said, more than a month after security forces moved in on Pakistani Taliban strongholds in the reg…
