Greece’s Varoufakis warns of Grexit contagion
MADRID (Reuters) – Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that if Greece were to leave the euro zone, there would be an inevitable contagion effect.
Chinese president to launch economic corridor link in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Chinese president Xi Jinping is due in Pakistan on Monday where he will launch $46 billion in projects linking the old allies, a figure that far exceeds U.S. spending in Pakistan and underscores China’s projection of power in Asia…
Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face down anti-immigrant bias and find money for support as turmoil in Libya and the Middle East…
Iraqi Kurdish forces widen buffer around oil-rich city of Kirkuk
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish authorities said their forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, drove Islamic State militants from an 84 square kilometer (32 sq mile) area in northern Iraq over the weekend, widening a buffer around the oil-rich…
Iraqi Shi’ite militia says DNA tests prove Saddam aide dead
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi Shi’ite militia group said on Sunday it had conducted DNA tests to prove the death of Ezzat al-Douri, former right-hand man to the late president Saddam Hussein, who after the 2003 U.S. invasion was ranked by Washington as …
Egypt Brotherhood trial relied on single testimony: Human Rights Watch
CAIRO (Reuters) – The prosecution’s evidence in a trial this month of 51 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt relied on the testimony of one police officer, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.
Islamic State shoots and beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya: video
CAIRO (Reuters) – A video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
Turkish Cypriot leadership vote goes to runoff
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu failed on Sunday to win a presidential election in the breakaway territory, paving the way for a runoff in late April ahead of an expected resumption of peace talks for the divided island, possib…
Yemen’s Houthi leader accuses Saudi Arabia of seeking to invade
ADEN (Reuters) – The leader of Yemen’s Iranian-allied Houthi militia accused Saudi Arabia on Sunday of plotting to seize the country, in a fiery speech suggesting he was in no mood to compromise despite more than three weeks of Saudi-led bombing.
Poland summons U.S. ambassador over FBI head’s Holocaust remarks
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has summoned the United States’ ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top U.S. intelligence official on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World War Two, a foreign ministry spokesman said on S…
