Clashes with Taliban halt supply of power in south Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban have cut off the main supply of power to Afghanistan’s Helmand and Kandahar provinces, according to residents and the chief of the national power company.
Australia imposes cockpit ‘rule of two’ after Germanwings crash
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government imposed a requirement on Monday that its airlines have two crew members in the cockpit at all times as a safety precaution following the Germanwings crash that killed 150 passengers and crew last week.
Nigeria vote runs into second day after glitches, killings
ABUJA (Reuters) – Voting in Nigeria’s tensest election since the end of military rule in 1999 spilled into a second day on Sunday after technical glitches hit voter ID machines and Islamist Boko Haram militants killed more than a dozen people in drive-…
Air Canada plane landed short, hit antennas in Halifax accident
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – An Air Canada plane that suffered heavy damage in an accident in the east coast city of Halifax on Sunday landed short of the runway and hit an antenna array, losing its landing gear, safety officials said.
Major 7.7 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A major earthquake with a magnitude 7.7 struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, official monitors said, and a tsunami warning was issued soon after.
Syria’s Assad says Islamic State has expanded since start of U.S. air strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a U.S. television interview that Islamic State, which has seized swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, has been gaining recruits since the start of U.S.-led air strikes against the milita…
Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts
TABORA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A blood-stained machete outside a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death after coming under attack from a mob of angry villagers accusing he…
Sarkozy wins French local elections; far right makes limited gains
PARIS (Reuters) – The far-right National Front made only limited gains in French local elections won by a wide margin on Sunday by ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives and their centrist allies.
British PM Cameron to meet queen, formally call knife-edge election
LONDON (Reuters) – Campaigning in Britain’s closest national election in decades will start on Monday after Queen Elizabeth dissolves parliament at Prime Minister David Cameron’s behest, teeing up an unusually fraught battle to govern the $2.8 trillion…
Air Canada plane landed short, hit antennas in Halifax accident
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – An Air Canada plane that suffered heavy damage in an accident in the east coast city of Halifax on Sunday landed short of the runway and hit an antenna array, losing its landing gear, safety officials said.
