Uganda’s ‘oil rush’ town stuck in the slow lane
HOIMA, Uganda (Reuters) – Before the discovery of large amounts of oil in Lake Albert, Hoima was a forlorn and remote town in Western Uganda, whose main sources of income were farming and the trickle of tourists heading to nearby national parks.
Houthis accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia
CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said it would respond to any violations of the pause.
Afghan clerics uneasy as civil rights movement gains momentum
KABUL (Reuters) – Powerful religious leaders in Afghanistan are growing uneasy about the challenge to their authority posed by rare civil rights protests in Kabul and widespread anger over the lynching of a young woman wrongly accused of burning a Kora…
Strong typhoon lashes northeast Philippines, two dead
MANILA (Reuters) – Heavy rains and strong winds flattened houses on coastal areas as typhoon Noul crashed into the northeastern tip of the Philippines, killing two people and prompting more than 3,000 residents to move to shelters.
Polish president suffers shock reverse in first round vote: exit poll
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski came in a surprise second behind his conservative opponent in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday and must now face him in a run-off, an exit poll showed.
Violence, hostility slow Europe’s progress on LGBTI equality: rights group
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia are the worst countries in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights, but violence against LGBTI people remains rife across the continent, a rights gr…
Saudi king sending crown prince to summit with Obama this week
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has designated his crown prince to attend a Gulf Arab summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, the state news agency, SPA, reported on Sunday, just two days after the White House said the monarch would atten…
After surviving Boko Haram, returnees face hunger in Nigerian towns
MICHIKA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Since Nigeria’s army began clearing large areas of the country’s northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home. But thousands could now face severe food shortages…
British PM Cameron rules out another Scottish independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday ruled out giving Scotland another independence referendum despite spectacular gains by Scottish nationalists in a UK-wide election, saying Scots had “emphatically” rejected a breakaway o…
Gun battle in ethnic Albanian region deepens Macedonian crisis
KUMANOVO, Macedonia (Reuters) – Macedonia said on Sunday its police had wiped out a group of ethnic Albanian “terrorists” in a day-long gun battle that left at least 22 people dead at a moment of deep political crisis in the former Yugoslav republic.
