Pope tells Catholics at Easter vigil: seek truth, beauty and love
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics into Easter on Saturday night, urging them at a vigil Mass to shun indifference and boldly live their faith.
Pilots to be warned over icing after 2014 Mali air crash
PARIS (Reuters) – Aviation regulators are expected to issue new advice to pilots after investigations into the crash of an Air Algerie jet in Mali last July found it went out of control after being hit by ice as an anti-icing system remained switched o…
Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s delta state
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Militants of the Urhobo minority ethnic group blew up a natural gas pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta state in the early hours on Friday, a Nigerian official said on Saturday.
France halts search for bodies at Germanwings crash site
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.
Gunmen kidnap Romanian from Burkina Faso mine near Mali border
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer on Saturday from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali’s lawless desert north, the company and a security source said.
Greek finance minister to discuss reforms with IMF chief
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will meet International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday to discuss a set of planned reforms that Athens hopes will unlock much-needed bailout funds.
Fuel storage tank fire spreads at Santos port in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A fire at a fuel storage facility run by Ultracargo near Santos, Brazil’s largest port, spread further on Saturday as it entered its third day despite firefighters’ efforts to contain the flames.
Yemeni tribes enter coastal town to drive out al Qaeda
ADEN (Reuters) – Armed Yemeni tribesmen in pickup trucks entered the eastern port town of Mukalla on Saturday to drive out suspected al Qaeda fighters who took control 48 hours earlier, residents said.
Iraqi PM: Armies have no chance against IS if it keeps recruiting foreigners
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi told a German magazine that armies in the region around Iraq had no chance of defeating Islamic State (IS) if the militants continued to recruit ideologically indoctrinated foreign fighters.
U.S. reports more air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria during the past 24 hours, a U.S. military statement said on Saturday.
