Cyclone Hudhud blasts India’s east coast, at least three dead
VISAKHAPATNAM India (Reuters) – Cyclone Hudhud blasted India’s eastern seaboard on Sunday with gusts of up to 195 kilometers an hour (over 120 mph), uprooting trees, damaging buildings and killing at least three people despite a major evacuation effort…
In Brussels, reasons to be cheerful
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jean-Claude Juncker has come through his first big test as the European Union’s chief executive with reasons to be cheerful, even if he faces another tricky couple of weeks to get a team in place that can take office next month.
Britain sends army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday it had deployed a team of army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters maintain and use heavy machineguns against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Pistorius faces sentencing over girlfriend’s death after divisive trial
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Monday to find out whether he will serve a long stretch behind bars for the negligent killing of his model girlfriend, or walk out a free man.
Swiss business, with eye on EU accords, urges dialogue on immigration
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s business elite published an appeal in a Swiss newspaper on Sunday to save the country’s accords with the European Union from unraveling due to a vote earlier this year to curb immigration from the bloc.
U.S. calls for renewed commitment to lasting Mideast peace
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Sunday for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbors could be achieved.
Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey on Saturday.
Kerry announces more aid to Palestinians during Gaza conference
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Sunday an additional $212 million in aid to the Palestinian people at a Cairo conference on rebuilding Gaza following a war earlier this year.
Pakistan says 12 dead in border clashes with India, appeals to U.N.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Indian firing across a disputed border with Pakistan has killed 12 civilians and injured 52 in Pakistan so far this month, according to a Sunday press release from the Foreign Ministry.
China military training inadequate for winning a war: army paper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Weaknesses in China’s military training pose a threat to the country’s ability to fight and win a war, China’s official military newspaper said on Sunday.
