Chile volcano ash cloud reaches Brazil; some flights canceled
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Ash from the Chilean volcano Calbuco, which erupted without warning this week, reached as far as southern Brazil on Saturday and prompted some airlines to cancel flights to the capitals of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
Islamist fighters seize Syria’s Jisr al-Shughour, army says redeploys
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents including al-Qaeda’s wing in Syria, Nusra Front, captured the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour on Saturday, for the first time in the four-year-old conflict.
Thousands gather at dawn ceremony to mark Gallipoli centenary
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, Turkey (Reuters) – Leaders and dignitaries from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey led thousands at dawn ceremonies on Turkey’s Gallipoli peninsula on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of a World War One battle that helped shap…
Togolese leader set to extend rule in presidential election
LOME (Reuters) – Togo voted on Saturday in an election expected to give President Faure Gnassingbe a third term in office that could extend his family’s grip on power to more than half a century.
Germany says will deny entry to some Russian Night Wolves bikers
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will block some members of an ultra-nationalist Russian motorcycle club from entering the country, government sources said on Saturday, a day after Poland also announced an entry ban for the group which is blacklisted by the …
UK Conservatives’ lead narrows to 1 point over Labour in Opinium poll
LONDON (Reuters) – David Cameron’s Conservative Party saw its lead in an opinion poll narrow on Saturday, with a survey for the Observer newspaper giving it a 1 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of the May 7 election.
U.N. chief appoints Mauritanian diplomat as new Yemen envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named a Mauritanian diplomat on Saturday as his envoy to Yemen, charged with trying to broker peace in the Arabian Peninsula country.
U.S., allies conduct 15 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with four air strikes from Friday to Saturday morning and conducted 11 strikes against the group in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
Egypt extends state of emergency in northern Sinai by three months
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it had extended by three months a state of emergency imposed on parts of northern Sinai in October after Islamist militants stepped up attacks in the peninsula bordering Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal.
Biggest Serb party in Bosnia threatens 2018 secession
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The largest Serb party in Bosnia said on Saturday it would push for a referendum on independence for the country’s autonomous Serb Republic in 2018, setting it on a collision course with the West, unless the region is granted great…
