Twelve dead, 36,000 homeless in Niger flooding
NIAMEY (Reuters) – At least 12 people have been killed and more than 36,000 made homeless in Niger due to flooding caused by heavy seasonal rainfall, the government said.
Britain plans tougher laws to tackle UK jihadists
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it planned tougher laws to deal with British Islamist militants after Islamic State (IS) fighters in the Middle East released a video showing a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley.
One dead in shooting at mosque in Switzerland: police
ZURICH (Reuters) – A man was killed on Friday in a shooting at an Albanian mosque in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and another man was arrested, Swiss police said.
Philippines recalls peacekeepers from Liberia over Ebola threat
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Saturday ordered 115 troops to return home from peace-keeping operations in Liberia, spurred by a worsening Ebola epidemic in West Africa that has killed almost 1,500 people.
Swedish opposition retains large lead in poll ahead of Sept elections
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s center-left opposition parties remain well ahead of the governing coalition and the Social Democrats, Green and Left parties would get a combined 48.7 percent of the vote if an election were held now, an opinion poll show…
Forensic report complicates India double rape, murder case
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Indian federal investigators are analyzing a forensic report that found that two teenage girls, earlier believed to have been raped before they were murdered, were not sexually assaulted.
Witnesses in Bali suitcase murder say mother and daughter argued in lobby
DENPASAR Indonesia (Reuters) – An American woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the resort island of Bali and her daughter were seen arguing in the lobby of their hotel, police said on Friday, as a U.S. attorney headed to Indonesia to advise the…
Witnesses in Bali suitcase murder say mother and daughter argued in lobby
DENPASAR Indonesia (Reuters) – An American woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the resort island of Bali and her daughter were seen arguing in the lobby of their hotel, police said on Friday, as a U.S. attorney headed to Indonesia to advise the…
U.S. protests intercept of Navy jet by Chinese warplane
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States charged on Friday that a Chinese fighter pilot conducted a “dangerous intercept” of a Navy patrol plane in international air space this week, flying a few yards (meters) from the U.S. jet and performing acrobati…
U.S. hostage rescuers dropped from night sky: Syria activist
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was just after midnight on July 4 when at least two dozen U.S. Delta Force commandos arrived on heavily armed Black Hawk helicopters in Akrishi, a small town near the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on the bank of the Euph…
