Forty migrants reported drowned in Mediterranean: Save the Children
ROME (Reuters) – Around forty migrants died in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to survivors of the journey who arrived on the southern Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday, local Save the Children spokeswoman Giovanna Di Benedetto said.
Pope Francis to meet Cuban President Castro privately on Sunday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Cuban President Raul Castro will meet privately on Sunday, a spokesman said, four months before the pontiff’s trip to the Caribbean island, his first as leader of the Catholic Church.
UK’s Labour 1 point ahead of Conservatives before Thursday election: Survation poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party led the ruling Conservatives by 1 percentage point in a Survation opinion poll published on Tuesday, two days before a general election.
U.S. wants a UN team to lay blame for Syria gas attacks: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States wants a team of United Nations investigators to determine who is to blame for chemicals weapons attacks in Syria in a bid to pave the way for Security Council action against those responsible, diplomats said…
Moldova seeks to solve riddle of missing $1 billion
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova will step up an investigation into the disappearance of more than $1 billion from three banks, the head of the central bank told Reuters on Tuesday, after around 10,000 people protested over the scandal at the weekend.
Cambodia urged to be tougher on child sex crimes after U.S. abuser lived freely
PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A child protection organization has called on Cambodia to take tougher action against foreigners accused of child sex crimes after a U.S. man charged with grooming girls as young as three lived freely for three…
Niger removes 4,000 Nigerian refugees from Lake Chad island
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Niger has evacuated thousands of Nigerian refugees sheltering from Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad’s Karamga island, a military official told Reuters on Tuesday, as the armies of four west African nations battle to quash …
U.S., allies conduct 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: coalition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led military coalition launched 12 air strikes in Iraq and one in Syria against Islamic State militants since Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
Congo army says kills 16 Ugandan rebels, loses four soldiers
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The army of Democratic Republic of Congo killed 16 Ugandan Islamist rebels over the weekend in fierce fighting, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, part of a campaign to drive the militants from the country’s volatile eastern reg…
Yemen talks May 17 could bolster anti-Houthi alliance
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s president has called a meeting of political forces on May 17 to discuss his country’s war that will include former associates of a powerful ally of the Houthis, a move that could bolster the ranks of opponents of the Iranian-al…
