U.N. calls for safe passage from Damascus refugee camp under Islamic State attack
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. agency responsible for Palestinian refugees called from Damascus on Sunday for safe passage for people wishing to leave the Yarmouk camp on the city fringes that Islamic State insurgents are trying to take over…
South African opposition leader Zille to stand down
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party said on Sunday she was standing down, possibly opening the way for a black candidate to broaden the Democratic Alliance’s electoral appeal.
Four killed by wildfires in Russia’s Siberia: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Four people have been killed by wildfires raging though the grasslands of Russia’s Khakassia republic in southern Siberia, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday.
Two Mali soldiers killed, others injured in landmine explosion
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Two Malian soldiers were killed and others were wounded on Sunday when their vehicle struck a landmine in the center of the West African nation, a defense ministry official said.
Italy picks up 700 boat migrants, says rescue operations ongoing
ROME (Reuters) – Italian ships have picked up almost 700 migrants in seven inflatable boats and further rescue operations are underway as calm seas favored departures from Libya for the Italian coast, the coast guard said on Sunday.
Taste of its own medicine? Austerity overshadows Finland vote
KOTKA, Finland (Reuters) – When Finland’s opposition leader and likely new prime minister Juha Sipila warned Finland could be the next Greece, it was an election campaign quip with a serious side – signaling the risks for a country facing a perfect sto…
Clashes with Taliban take growing toll on Afghan civilians in 2015
KABUL (Reuters) – Ground clashes between Afghan government forces and the Taliban claimed 8 percent more civilian casualties in the first three months of 2015, the United Nations said on Sunday, and the approaching summer could match last year’s deadly…
Japan Abe’s bloc wins two key governor races, bolstering policy push
TOKYO (Reuters) – Candidates backed by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won two key governor elections on Sunday, setting the stage for him to push through divisive policies to boost defense and restart nuclear reactors shut after the 20…
Drone strike in northwest Pakistan kills four suspected militants
PARACHINAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least four suspected Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, security officials said, as al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent confirmed two of its commanders had …
Poland’s President Komorowski edges up in poll as election looms
WARSAW (Reuters) – With less than one month before Poland’s presidential election, an opinion poll on Sunday showed President Bronislaw Komorowski ahead with 46 percent support from those polled while his conservative challenger Andrzej Duda was backed…
