Gunmen kill eight supporters of Brazilian soccer club
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Three gunmen invaded the headquarters of a fan club for Brazilian soccer team Corinthians on Saturday night in Sao Paulo and shot dead eight people in what police believed was a drug gang-related killing, according to local media …
Mexico says captures Juarez Cartel leader
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Sunday they had captured a leader of the Juarez Cartel wanted by the United States government who took the helm after the organization’s long-time chief was nabbed last year.
Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are U.S. ‘myth’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the “myth” of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this we…
South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’ turns dark as immigrant attacks rise
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – When he heard angry screams and the hammering of hatchets on the door of his shack last week, Malawian Folias Sakai thought he was about to become the eighth person to be killed in anti-immigrant attacks that have swept South A…
Economic victory fails to deliver popularity boost for Hungary’s Orban
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – What should have been Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s finest hour may be becoming his darkest.
Iraqi officer under Saddam masterminded rise of Islamic State: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – A former intelligence officer for the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was the mastermind behind Islamic State’s takeover of northern Syria, according to a report by Der Spiegel that is based on documents uncovered by the German ma…
U.N. frees 21 herders enslaved by militia in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers have liberated some 21 nomadic Muslim herders, most of them women and children, enslaved by militia groups in the west of Central African Republic, though up to 100 more remain in captivity, a U.N. official said on …
Exclusive: EU frets naval mission off Libya could draw more migrants to sea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU is considering sending warships to the Libyan coast to combat oil and arms smugglers but fears that could encourage more migrants to take to sea in hopes of being rescued and taken to Europe, according to an EU document seen…
Mediators set May 15 deadline to sign Mali peace deal
BAMAKO (Reuters) – International mediators in the conflict in northern Mali increased pressure on Tuareg-led separatists on Sunday to sign up to a U.N.-brokered peace deal by announcing a signing ceremony for May 15.
Norway asks Moscow to explain deputy PM’s island visit despite sanctions
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway said on Sunday it has sought an explanation from Moscow for a visit to a Norwegian island by Russia’s deputy prime minister, who is banned from Norway in keeping with international sanctions against him over Ukraine.
