Fighting in Gaza abates, but truce hopes look fragile
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and U.S. President Barack Obama called for a ceasefire but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end fi…
Venezuela says ex-general sought by U.S. to be freed in Aruba
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Sunday that retired military General Hugo Carvajal, wanted by the United States over drug accusations and arrested four days ago on the Caribbean island of Aruba, would be freed and return home shortly.
Sierra Leone Ebola patient, recovered from family, dies in ambulance
FREETOWN (Reuters) – A Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment center and took her to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on the way to hospital, a health official said….
As U.S. kicks off crude exports, Iran casts a shadow in Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States faces an awkward rival in its first attempts in 40 years to export crude oil – Iran.
Spending scandal besetting Aquino could hurt Philippines’ economy
MANILA (Reuters) – The biggest political crisis that Philippine President Benigno Aquino has faced in four years in power could damage his image as a crusader against corruption and undermine his ability to deliver on reforms to sustain strong economic…
Boko Haram kidnaps wife of Cameroon’s vice PM, kills at least three
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Nigerian Boko Haram militants kidnapped the wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister and killed at least three people on Sunday in a cross-border attack involving more than 200 assailants in the northern town of Kolofata, Cameroon off…
Bulgaria’s Socialists pick new leader as election looms
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s scandal-tainted Socialist Party (BSP) picked a new leader on Sunday with the task of winning back disaffected voters before an early parliamentary election set for October 5 in the European Union’s poorest member state.
Bomb attack on church in Nigeria’s Kano kills five
KANO (Reuters) – A bomb attack on a Catholic church in northern Nigeria’s main city of Kano killed five people and wounded eight on Sunday, a senior police officer said.
Syria retakes Homs gas field from hardline group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian army said on Sunday it recaptured a gas field east of the central city of Homs that was seized by hardline Islamic State fighters earlier this month.
Costa Concordia completes its voyage to the scrap yard
GENOA Italy (Reuters) – The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner limped into its last port on Sunday, when it was towed to the northern Italian city of Genoa to be broken up for scrap, two-and-a-half years after running aground and sinking with the los…
