Prevent ‘left-wing’ government, Netanyahu tells campaign rally
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls two days before a parliamentary election, on Sunday implored right-wing voters to turn out and “stop a left-wing government from coming to power.”
Russia a land of plenty, but hard to reach from rebel east Ukraine
USPENKA BORDER CROSSING, Ukraine (Reuters) – Looking out over the several hundred cars lined up to cross into Russia from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Vladimir curses the separatist authorities who he says are forcing people to venture out of the rebel …
France’s National Front seen leading local election run-up: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front is set to win more votes than any other party in the first round of local elections next Sunday, a poll showed, with the governing Socialist party coming a very distant third.
Kerry says Syrian transition would have to be negotiated with Assad
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and was exploring ways with other countries to pressure him i…
Bahrain arrests Iraq returnee with bomb-making materials: interior ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces have arrested a wanted man bearing bomb-making materials after he returned from Iraq, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Somali Islamists kill at least one in attack in north Kenya
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militants killed at least one man and wounded three others in the northern Kenyan town of Mandera on Sunday, the second deadly attack in the area in three days, an official and the Islamist group said.
Venezuela’s Maduro given decree powers for rest of 2015
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s parliament granted President Nicolas Maduro decree powers on Sunday for the rest of 2015 in a move he says is to defend the country from U.S. meddling but opponents decry as evidence of autocracy.
Thousands in Hungary use holiday to rally against government
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians rallied against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government on Sunday, venting anger over allegations of corruption and a secretive nuclear deal with Russia, Hungary’s former communist overlord.
Yemen militia leader says holding indirect talks with Saudi Arabia
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi militia leader said on Sunday the group was engaged in indirect talks with neighbor Saudi Arabia, Yemeni state news agency Saba reported.
Iraqi offensive on Tikrit stalls, Kurds say Islamists used chlorine
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters traded sniper fire and mortar rounds with Iraqi troops and allied Shi’ite militia forces on Sunday in the city of Tikrit amid further reports the militants had obtained chlorine for possible use as a chemical …
