Teenagers planned Australian terror attack for ANZAC centenary: police
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Teenagers inspired by the hardline Islamic State planned a major terrorism attack in the Australian city of Melbourne to mark the centenary next week of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One, police said on Saturday…
Colombia’s Santos calls for deadline on FARC peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday warned that the country’s patience with Marxist FARC rebels is wearing thin and that the peace process to end five decades of war must have a deadline.
Australian police arrest five teenagers over alleged terror plot
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian police arrested five teenagers in the country’s second-largest city on Saturday over an alleged terrorist plot to target police officers, authorities said.
Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissing reports in the Gulf Arab media that he was seeking a safe exit as Saudi Arabian war planes bomb troops loyal to him and their Houthi …
Car bomb kills three outside U.S. consulate in Iraq’s Kurdish capital
ERBIL (Reuters) – A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State killed three people on Friday outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, in a relatively rare attack in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Colombia’s Santos calls for deadline on FARC peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday warned that the country’s patience with Marxist FARC rebels is wearing thin and that the peace process to end five decades of war must have a deadline.
Labour and Conservatives tied again ahead of UK election: YouGov poll
(Reuters) – With less than a month left to Britain’s May 7 election, Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives and opposition Labour party are tied at 34 percent, according to a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper published on Friday.
Four British Navy members charged in Canada with sexual assault
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Four members of the British Navy were charged on Thursday with sexual assault in connection with an incident that took place in Nova Scotia on April 10, said a spokesman for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
Iran submits four-point Yemen peace plan to United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister on Friday submitted a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlining a four-point peace plan for Yemen, where Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have been targeted for three weeks by Saudi-led air st…
North Korea warns U.S. envoy of ‘bigger mishap’ than a knife attack
SEOUL (Reuters) – A North Korean propaganda unit said the U.S. ambassador to South Korea could face a “bigger mishap” than the knife attack to his face last month if he does not stop insulting North Korea with “laughable” accusations.
