U.S. hands Pakistan senior militant detained in Afghanistan
KABUL/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The United States has handed to Pakistan three prisoners including a senior Taliban militant held in Afghanistan, as Washington rushes to empty its Afghan prison before losing the legal right to detain peopl…
Israel strikes near the Syrian capital: Syrian TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian state television said on Sunday that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
Leave or let live? Arabs move in to Jewish settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Little noticed amid the furor over one of Israel’s most contentious policies, a small but growing number of Arabs are moving into Jewish settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem, drawn by cheaper rent and better services.
Majority of Germans want Merkel to run for fourth term: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – A majority of Germans want Angela Merkel to run for a fourth term as Chancellor and nearly three in four believe she would like to remain in office beyond 2017, when her current term ends, a new poll shows.
Homes flattened as typhoon roars through Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – A powerful, slow-moving typhoon ripped through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that flattened houses and toppled trees and power lines in areas still scarred from a deadly super-storm just over a year ago.
Modi seeks to replace central planning with ‘Team India’
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a brainstorming session on Sunday on replacing Soviet-style central planning with a ‘Team India’ concept that would give federal states a greater role in developing Asia’s third-largest eco…
Pope calls for stability in Argentina ahead of election: media
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentines across the political spectrum should work to maintain stability ahead of October’s presidential election, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Sunday by La Nacion, one of the South American country’s top ne…
Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, says minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.
UK embassy in Cairo closes to the public over security concerns
CAIRO (Reuters) – The British Embassy in Cairo closed to the public on Sunday due to security concerns, an embassy spokesperson said.
Islamic State executes Shi’ite militia fighters north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters executed 12 Shi’ite militiamen north of Baghdad after heavy fighting for control of a rural village, security sources said on Sunday.
