UK’s Cameron beats Labour’s Miliband in first TV contest before election: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron won the first TV encounter before a close national election in Britain, turning in a stronger performance than Labour leader Ed Miliband, a poll showed on Thursday.
Syria has OKed three of 33 U.N. aid access requests in 2015: official
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Syrian government has only allowed the United Nations to deliver aid to three of the 33 sites it has requested access to this year, aid chief Valerie Amos said on Thursday as she urged the U.N. Security Council to take “c…
Moroccan opposition in rare standoff with police over burial
RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Morocco’s biggest opposition movement buried their late leader’s widow on Thursday after a standoff with security forces who tried to prevent her being laid to rest beside his grave.
Before close election, UK’s Cameron says got some things wrong, but got economy right
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday conceded he’d made mistakes during his five years in power during a special pre-election interview, but implored voters to give him a second term to finish the job of rebuilding the ec…
Co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing Germanwings jet
PARIS/SEYNE-LES-ALPES (Reuters) – A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, French pro…
Yemeni leader Hadi leaves country as Saudi Arabia keeps up air strikes
SANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his refuge in Aden for Saudi Arabia on Thursday as Houthi rebels battled with his forces on the outskirts of the southern port city.
U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 29 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of daily attacks, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Thursday.
Iran’s Rouhani intervenes as deadline for nuclear deal approaches
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran’s president spoke with the leaders of France, Britain, China and Russia on Thursday in an apparent effort to break an impasse to a nuclear deal between Tehran and major world powers.
Exclusive: Modi government puts brakes on India’s universal health plan
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for a drastic cutback of an ambitious health care plan after cost estimates came in at $18.5 billion over five years, several government sources said, delaying a promise made in his el…
U.S. top diplomat for Africa to lead observation mission for Nigeria vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat for Africa will travel to Nigeria for Saturday’s elections, the State Department said on Thursday, amid concerns over the possibility of violence.
