Cubans on homemade boat get refuge from high seas in Cayman Islands
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) – A group of 26 Cubans on a homemade wooden boat were granted temporary refuge in the Cayman Islands when bad weather interrupted their quest to seek exile in the United States.
Moscow opposes Western requests to fire Russian at Darfur mission: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia has opposed requests by the United States, Britain and France for the firing of a key Russian official from a troubled peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region, U.N. diplomatic sources said.
Hundreds feared missing after boat sinks in Lake Tanganyika
DAKAR (Reuters) – More than two hundred people were feared missing after a boat sank in Democratic Republic of Congo’s waters on Lake Tanganyika on Thursday night, a senior Tanzanian official said on Sunday.
Syrian army recaptures territory north of Aleppo in fierce fighting
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army seized an area north of Aleppo on Sunday and killed insurgents as fierce battles raged over the strategic territory, a group monitoring the war and state media reported.
Liberia reschedules senate vote for December 20 despite Ebola
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia will hold delayed senatorial elections on Dec. 20, the National Election Commission said on Sunday, a day after the Supreme Court ruled the vote should go ahead despite the Ebola outbreak in the West African country.
Turkish police raid media close to cleric rival Gulen, detain 24
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police raided media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric on Sunday and detained 24 people including top executives and ex-police chiefs in operations against what President Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network co…
Libyan rivals clash over eastern oil ports and Tunisia crossing
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Armed factions allied to Libya’s two rival governments fought over eastern oil ports and the main border crossing to Tunisia on Sunday, forcing closure of the two biggest oil export terminals, officials said.
Merkel in dilemma as German anti-Islam marches gain support
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces challenges from allies and rivals to confront a rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment driving increasingly popular anti-Islam marches in the city of Dresden every Monday.
American in North Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum: media
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, the North’s official media said.
Romanian technocrat ministers lose posts in reshuffle
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s finance and energy ministers lost their posts in a reshuffle on Sunday, expected to strengthen the governing center coalition’s hold on power by giving it another political ally in the cabinet.
