Sisi warns of response after Islamic State kills 21 Egyptians in Libya
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State released a video on Sunday that appeared to show the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned that his country would respond to the deaths as it saw fit.
Danish police kill 22-year-old suspected of Copenhagen shootings
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Police shot dead a 22-year-old Danish-born gunman on Sunday after he killed two people at a Copenhagen synagogue and an event promoting free speech in actions possibly inspired by an attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie …
U.N. council demands Houthis withdraw, end Yemen violence
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, called for an end to foreign interference and threatened “further steps” if the violence doe…
Better Palestinian living standards vital for peace, Blair says
GAZA (Reuters) – Any Israeli-Palestinian peace deal must lead to improved living conditions for Palestinians to prevent violence between the two from erupting again, Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair said on Sunday.
Hundreds of Jewish tombs damaged in northern France
PARIS (Reuters) – Several hundred Jewish tombs have been damaged in a cemetery near the northeastern French city of Strasbourg, the French interior minister said on Sunday.
Italy closes Libyan embassy, urges U.N. mission amid migrant surge
ROME (Reuters) – Italy closed its embassy in Libya on Sunday and stepped up its call for a U.N. mission to calm the worsening conflict there as thousands of migrants approached Italy by boat from North Africa.
Facing cover-up allegations, Argentina’s Fernandez says she’s ‘tough’
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez struck a defiant note on Sunday in her first national address since a prosecutor announced he would continue to investigate allegations she tried to cover up a 1994 bombing, saying harsh P…
Italy’s Renzi defies opposition over Senate reform
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has moved a step closer to pushing through constitutional reforms he says will create a more stable government, after a raucous debate that saw opposition parties walk out of parliament.
Kurds, Syrian rebels edge into Islamic State stronghold: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces backed by Syrian insurgent groups took control of a hill inside the provincial stronghold of the militant Islamic State group on Sunday after deadly clashes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Merkel’s conservatives suffer blow in state vote, eurosceptics gain
BERLIN (Reuters) – The anti-euro Alternative for Germany (AfD) party looked set to win its first seats in a regional assembly in the west of the country on Sunday after an election in Hamburg which also saw Angela Merkel’s conservatives suffer their wo…
