Ukraine crisis will be ‘game changer’ for NATO
GAIZIUNAI, Lithuania/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Artillery and tank fire reverberate around a Baltic airstrip where U.S. paratroopers are fighting alongside Lithuanian soldiers. The battle is just an exercise and it only involves 150 U.S. soldiers – but the s…
Street by street, Assad extends grip in central Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – From his base in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad can contemplate a broad sweep of Syria clawed back from rebels who once threatened to drive him out. The capital which they targeted is now plastered with posters inviting Syrians to reelect…
West Africa leaders vow to wage ‘total war’ on Boko Haram
PARIS (Reuters) – West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage “total war” on Boko Haram saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional al Qaeda that threatened all of them.
More than 20 dead, thousands evacuated in Bosnia, Serbia floods
OBRENOVAC, Serbia (Reuters) – More than 20 people have been killed in the worst floods in more than a century in Serbia and Bosnia, authorities said on Saturday, with thousands evacuated from towns still under threat from rising rivers.
A first for Indonesia, ethnic Chinese leader takes charge in the capital
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presidential race isn’t until July. But there’s already one winner.
North Korea says apartment building collapses, offers rare apology
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has apologized to bereaved families after an apartment building collapsed in Pyongyang last week, possibly killing hundreds, the official KCNA news agency said, a rare admission of fallibility from the reclusive state.
Mexico captures leader of drug gang in violent state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government said on Saturday it had captured the leader of a drug gang allied with a dangerous cartel in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero.
Mexico captures leader of drug gang in violent state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government said on Saturday it had captured the leader of a drug gang allied with a dangerous cartel in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero.
Cairo bomb wounds at least three at pro-Sisi rally: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb wounded at least three people at a Cairo election rally for presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, security sources said, underscoring Egypt’s instability nearly a year after he toppled Islamist leader Moham…
Families evacuate Benghazi as renegade Libyan general vows more attacks
ABYAR/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – The self-declared Libyan National Army led by a renegade general told civilians on Saturday to leave parts of Benghazi before it launched a fresh attack on Islamist militants, a day after dozens were killed in the worst…
