Suicide bombs in Nigeria’s Kaduna kill 82, ex-leader Buhari targeted
KADUNA Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two suicide bombings in the north Nigerian city of Kaduna, one aimed at opposition leader and ex-president Muhammadu Buhari and another at a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead …
Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
EINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) – The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived on Wednesday at a military base in the Netherlands – a nation in shock and sorrow.
Seleka to sign ceasefire, drops call for Central African Republic split
BRAZZAVILLE/DAKAR (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s mainly Muslim Seleka rebels will sign a ceasefire with ‘anti-balaka’ Christian militia on Wednesday, having dropped their demands for the country to be split in two along religious lines, Seleka …
Exclusive: Ukraine rebel commander acknowledges fighters had BUK missile
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and it could have originated in Russi…
TransAsia Airways plane crashes in typhoon-hit Taiwan, killing 47
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A TransAsia Airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people and setting buildings on fire, officials said.
Gaza bloodshed deepens as airlines shun Israel
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Gaza fighting raged on Wednesday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas had made some progress.
Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down over rebel-held territory
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev said two of its fighter jets were shot down over the rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, and the missiles that brought them down might have been fired from Russia.
Philippine province proves mass storm deaths can be avoided
MANILA (Reuters) – Nearly 100 people were killed in the Philippines last week when Typhoon Rammasun roared through, raising doubts about efforts to end the heavy tolls from storms that are only expected to get more intense as the global climate changes…
India bids to reassert influence in Nepal with power pact
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU (Reuters) – India is set to offer Nepal a landmark pact to help develop its huge hydro-electric power potential as the South Asian giant takes another step to re-assert influence among smaller neighbours where China has been forging…
U.N. chief names Danish diplomat new envoy to South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named Danish diplomat Ellen Margrethe Loj as his new special envoy to South Sudan and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world’s newest nation.
