Jordan’s interior minister resigns, police chiefs dismissed
AMMAN (Reuters) – King Abdullah accepted the resignation of Jordan’s interior minister and the government dismissed top police chiefs over reported rights abuses in prisons and the mishandling of a crackdown in the south of the country, officials said …
Saudi-led alliance resumes air strikes on Yemen
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabian-led coalition resumed air strikes against Yemen’s Houthi militia in Aden overnight, hours after the expiry of a truce meant to facilitate badly needed humanitarian aid, a Reuters eyewitness said.
Polish challenger Duda calls for new taxes on banks, supermarkets
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish presidential candidate Andrzej Duda said on Sunday Poland should introduce new taxes on banks and large supermarket networks to protect Polish businesses.
Nigerian military says it destroyed 10 Boko Haram camps
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military destroyed 10 Boko Haram camps in the country’s remote northeast on Sunday as it pressed on with an offensive against militant Islamist fighters now confined to a final hideout there, the army said.
Russian police detain activists at gay flashmob in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained 17 protesters on Sunday as they gathered in central Moscow to release colorful balloons into the air to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, an organizer of the failed flash…
Police clash with Palestinians as Israelis march for ‘Jerusalem Day’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Mounted Israeli police clashed with dozens of rock-throwing Palestinians protesting on Sunday as Jewish nationalists commemorated Israel’s 1967 capture of East Jerusalem with a march through the old walled city.
Burundi president appears in capital, warns of Islamist threat
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday made his first public appearance in the capital Bujumbura since an attempted coup last week failed to oust him, warning of a threat posed by Islamist militants from Somalia.
Vietnam opposes Chinese fishing ban in disputed sea
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam said it resolutely opposes a Chinese ban on all fishing activities in a sea area that covers the Gulf of Tonkin, claiming the act to be a “worthless decision”.
Germany’s SPD notches up pressure on Merkel to divulge U.S. spy list
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel is coming under increasing pressure to divulge a list of targets, including the IP addresses of individual computers, that German intelligence tracked on behalf of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).
Two Turkish miners killed in gas poisoning
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two Turkish miners were killed and three others hospitalized on Sunday after they were poisoned by gas at a chromite mine in the country’s southwest, media reports and local officials said.
