Hostages held in Sydney cafe, Islamic flag seen in window: local TV
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hostages were being held inside a central Sydney cafe where a black flag with white Arabic writing could be seen in the window, local television showed on Monday, raising fears of an attack linked to Islamic militants.
Washington undecided on U.N. resolution for Palestinian state
JERUSALEM/ROME (Reuters) – Israel said it hoped the United States would veto any moves at the United Nations to set a time frame for its withdrawal from territory Palestinians seek for a state, but a senior U.S. official said it was too early to say.
Paris, Berlin urge Poroshenko to press ahead with reforms
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande urged Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko on Sunday to press ahead with reforms to facilitate an economic recovery and access to foreign aid.
Saudi Arabian security man shot dead in Shi’ite area: police
RIYADH (Reuters) – An unidentified attacker killed a member of Saudi Arabia’s security forces on Sunday, police said in a statement on state media, near a village where unrest among the country’s Shi’ite Muslim minority has been focused.
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…
