Arabs vow to confront Islamic State, cooperate with international efforts
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Sunday to take all necessary measures to confront Islamic State and cooperate with international, regional and national efforts to combat militants who have overrun swathes of Iraq and Syria.
Yemeni riot police force Houthi protesters off airport road
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse Shi’ite Muslim Houthi protesters blocking the road between the capital and Yemen’s main airport on Sunday, in an escalation of weeks of protests.
Iraq parliament session to vote on government scheduled for Monday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi parliament is scheduled to be convened on Monday night to vote on Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi’s proposed cabinet, the parliament speaker Selim al-Jabouri’s office said on Sunday.
France’s Hollande should not seek second term as president: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Most French people do not want Francois Hollande to seek a second term in the country’s 2017 presidential election, a poll showed on Sunday, in the latest blow to the president whose popularity is already at record lows.
Tunisia’s main Islamist party to stay out of presidential election
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s main Islamist party, Ennahda, said on Sunday it would not contest a presidential election in November, in the interest of ensuring an inclusive government for all Tunisians.
Obama to set out plan to go on offensive against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will explain to Americans and congressional leaders this week his plan to go on the offensive against Islamic State militants, who he said could eventually become a threat to the United States.
Ten killed in plane crash in Colombian jungle
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A small airplane crashed minutes after take-off in Colombia’s southern jungle on Saturday, killing all 10 people aboard, the country’s civil aviation agency said.
UK scrambles to promise more powers if Scots reject independence
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is scrambling to respond to a lurch in the opinion polls toward a vote for Scottish independence this month by promising a range of new powers for Scotland if it chooses to stay within the United Kingdom.
Two Australians killed in Kenya bus crash, several injured
NAROK Kenya (Reuters) – Two Australian tourists were killed on Sunday when their luxury bus crashed into a river along a steep section of a road in southwest Kenya, police said.
Fueling drug gangs’ impunity, unidentified corpses pile up in Mexico
MAZATLAN Mexico (Reuters) – In Mexico’s blood-soaked northern state of Sinaloa, a simple gravestone adorned with pink, blue and yellow plastic flowers marks the tomb of 42-year-old assistant carpenter Carlos Montano.
