Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: video
CAIRO (Reuters) – A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
Turkish Cypriot leadership vote goes to runoff
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu failed on Sunday to win a presidential election in the breakaway territory, paving the way for a runoff in late April ahead of an expected resumption of peace talks for the divided island, possib…
Yemen’s Houthi leader accuses Saudi Arabia of seeking to invade
ADEN (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi militia accused Saudi Arabia on Sunday of plotting to seize the country, in a fiery speech suggesting he was in no mood to compromise despite more than three weeks of Saudi-led bombing.
Poland summons U.S. ambassador over FBI head’s Holocaust remarks
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has summoned the United States’ ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top U.S. intelligence official on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World War Two, a foreign ministry spokesman said on S…
Gunmen kill eight supporters of Brazilian soccer club
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Three gunmen invaded the headquarters of a fan club for Brazilian soccer team Corinthians on Saturday night in Sao Paulo and shot dead eight people in what police believed was a drug gang-related killing, according to local media …
Mexico says captures Juarez Cartel leader
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Sunday they had captured a leader of the Juarez Cartel wanted by the United States government who took the helm after the organization’s long-time chief was nabbed last year.
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are U.S. ‘myth’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the “myth” of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this we…
South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’ turns dark as immigrant attacks rise
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When he heard angry screams and the hammering of hatchets on the door of his shack last week, Malawian Folias Sakai thought he was about to become the eighth person to be killed in anti-immigrant attacks that have swept South A…
Economic victory fails to deliver popularity boost for Hungary’s Orban
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – What should have been Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s finest hour may be becoming his darkest.
Iraqi officer under Saddam masterminded rise of Islamic State: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – A former intelligence officer for the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was the mastermind behind Islamic State’s takeover of northern Syria, according to a report by Der Spiegel that is based on documents uncovered by the German ma…
