Merkel’s party suffers another state loss as euroskeptics roll on
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party looked set to win seats in a fifth straight regional parliament on Sunday after an election in the city-state of Bremen where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives were badly bea…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it killed 20 Syrian al Qaeda militants
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah said on Sunday it had killed over 20 fighters from Syria’s al Qaeda wing and destroyed several hideouts and training camps the fighters had set up to launch attacks in Lebanon across the rug…
Eyeing greater power, Erdogan rallies Turks in Europe ahead of vote
KARLSRUHE/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Defying opposition calls to stay out of campaigning, President Tayyip Erdogan rallied Turks in Europe on Sunday, urging them to vote in a June general election he hopes will help bring him greater powers.
Syrian army steps up bid to regain town and rescue besieged troops
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops backed by heavy air strikes have edged closer to a hospital in northwestern Syria where dozens of Syrian soldiers and loyalist fighters have been holed up for the past two weeks, the army said on Sunday.
Spain retrieves black boxes on crashed A400M aircraft
PARIS/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain said on Sunday it had found the two black boxes from the crashed Airbus A400M military aircraft that plowed into a field north of Seville airport in its maiden test flight on Saturday, killing four of the six test crew.
Gaddafi’s son Saadi appears in Libyan court on murder charges
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi who fled abroad during Libya’s 2011 revolution and was extradited from Niger last year appeared in a Tripoli court on Sunday at the start of a trial on murder charges but the judge adjourned his case unti…
Three die as Taliban attack second bus in Kabul in a week
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Sunday, killing three people, in the second bus attack in just a week to strike the same area of the capital, a police official said.
Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu crossed briefly into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure situated a few hundred meters from the border, in a move likely to anger the authorities in Damascus.
Swiss gunman kills self, four others in domestic shooting
AARAU, Switzerland (Reuters) – A gunman killed three relatives and a neighbor in a late-night
East African leaders seek to break political deadlock in Burundi
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – East African leaders will hold a summit in Tanzania on May 13 aimed at breaking the political deadlock in Burundi and ensuring the country holds peaceful elections, Tanzania’s presidency said.
