Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from a strategic rail hub after peace talks collapsed.
Hungarians rally to remind government of Western allegiance
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Several thousand people demonstrated outside Hungary’s parliament on Sunday, telling the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to respect its Western ties a day before a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Blast targeting bus near Shi’ite shrine in Damascus kills six
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A bomb tore apart a bus carrying Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 19 in a rare attack at the centre of the Syrian capital, a Reuters witness and local media said.
Boko Haram insurgents attack northeast Nigeria’s capital city
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram insurgents attacked the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources said, their second assault in a week on a city they hope to make the capital of a breakaway Islamist state.
Yemen’s Houthis give parties three days to solve crisis
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement on Sunday gave political factions three days to agree a way out of a crisis that led to the resignation of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi before the group imposes its own solution.
Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year.
Tunisia’s Islamist party agrees to join coalition government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda has agreed to join its main rival secular party Nidaa Tounes in a coalition government, party leaders said on Sunday.
Islamic State says it has beheaded second Japanese hostage Goto
TOKYO (Reuters) – Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to vow to step up humanitarian aid to the group’s opponents in the Middle East and help bring his kil…
U.S., allies conduct 34 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have carried out 26 air strikes in Iraq and eight in Syria since Saturday in continued attacks on Islamic State targets, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Mali armed groups clash near Timbuktu: security sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian rebels fought pro-government militia in the northern village of Kano overnight, three security sources said, firing rockets and briefly kidnapping at least 20 people in the latest spike of violence between armed groups.
