PLO faces U.S. civil trial over terror attacks in Israel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a decade after a series of shootings and bombings in the Jerusalem area, a trial is slated this week in New York to determine whether the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority should pay up to $1 bil…
Spain’s Podemos surges ahead in voter poll: El Pais
MADRID (Reuters) – A poll published on Sunday showed that leftist upstart Podemos was again in the lead to win Spain’s next general election, which could result in the formation of party pacts, or even the country’s first coalition government.
Islamic State kills 24 Kurds in surprise attack in North Iraq
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have killed at least 24 members of the Kurdish security forces in a surprise attack in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials said, in one of the deadliest single battles for the Kurds since last summer.
Blast hits troop convoy in Somalia’s Kismayu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A remote-controlled bomb hit a vehicle in a troop convoy in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu, killing at least three soldiers, police and residents said on Sunday.
Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a suspected supporter of the insurgent group Islamic State (IS) who was recently in Syria and raided his apartment in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, federal prosecutors said on Sunday.
Mali’s president names new government ahead of peace talks
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has approved a new government, the third since he took power less than two years ago, ahead of fresh peace talks with separatists in the troubled north of the vast West African nation.
Riga’s new missionaries look east, again
RIGA (Reuters) – European Union meetings in Riga last week were heavy with the historical symbolism EU leaders turn to for relief from economic malaise, terrorism or fears of Russia.
Suspect hunted over Paris attacks left France last week: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and French sources said on Saturday.
Serbian PM accuses EU of backing anti-government media
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s prime minister accused European Union’s officials late on Saturday of orchestrating a campaign against the government after a regional news organization published a critical article about the reconstruction of a key coal m…
‘Vibrant India’: Modi’s superlative act to charm investors
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Global statesmen and business titans descended on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Sunday to pay homage to the man they count on to unleash big-bang reforms and create one of the few bright spots in a t…
