Chile volcano quietens but remains unstable
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Chilean volcano Calbuco was quieter on Sunday after unexpectedly erupting last week and puffing out plumes of gray ash, but authorities said it could erupt again and worries about the environmental impact grew.
Benin president denies third term bid as vote proceeds
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi promised on Sunday to leave power when his mandate expires next year as crowds across the cotton producer voted in legislative elections.
No military solution to boat migrant crisis: U.N. chief to paper
ROME (Reuters) – There is no military solution to migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said on Sunday, as European leaders search for ways to manage the flow of people leaving North Africa in rickety boats.
Saudi military plane crashes during training
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Saudi pilot and a trainee were killed on Sunday when their military plane crashed during training, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
Independent leftist Akinci wins North Cyprus presidential election: commission
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Mustafa Akinci, a leftist moderate promising to push harder for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus, swept to victory in a presidential election runoff in the Turkish Cypriot north of the island on Sunday.
Bangladeshi opposition leader says will retaliate if election is rigged
DHAKA (Reuters) – The leader of Bangladesh’s main opposition party threatened retaliation if local elections being held this week are not conducted fairly.
After crisis warnings, UK’s Labour says no deals with Scottish nationalists
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour Party on Sunday ruled out a post-election deal with Scottish nationalists after Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives said such a tie-up could spark the biggest constitutional crisis since the 1936 abdication …
Niger army fights Boko Haram for Lake Chad island after attack
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s army is fighting to recapture an island in Lake Chad after it was seized by hundreds of Boko Haram militants aboard motorized canoes, army sources said on Sunday.
Turkey scrambles two F-16 jets on Syrian border
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey scrambled two F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria on Saturday after a Syrian Su-24 bomber came close to the border, the Turkish army said in a statement on Sunday.
Police kill two in protest against Burundian president seeking third term
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundian police shot dead two protesters and wounded at least one other on Sunday, the Red Cross said, in demonstrations against the president seeking a third term which critics say would violate a constitutional limit of two ter…
