Israel says Hamas militants behind abduction of three teens
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday that Hamas militants had abducted three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank, warning of “serious consequences” as it pressed on with a search and detained dozens of Palestinians.
Fewer bombs, but nuclear states ‘determined’ to keep arsenals: SIPRI
VIENNA (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed states are modernizing their arsenals and appear determined to keep sizable numbers of such weapons of mass destruction for the foreseeable future, the SIPRI think-tank said in its annual report on Monday.
Colombians vote for president who will decide fate of peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians were voting on Sunday in the tightest presidential election in decades, a contest that will decide if the nation moves ahead on peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels or step up its battlefield offensive to end a 50-year war…
Sri Lankan minister briefly trapped by ethnic clashes
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan government minister had to be rescued by police on Sunday after being trapped by ethnic violence between Buddhists and Muslims, officials and residents said.
Unidentified gunmen hit hotels, petrol, police station at Kenya’s coast: police
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen attacked a coastal town in Kenya’s Lamu county and set fire to at least three hotels and a petrol station on Sunday evening, police and the Kenya Red Cross said.
Renegade general launches offensive in east Libya, up to 12 killed
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI Libya (Reuters) – A renegade Libyan general launched a fresh offensive on Sunday against Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi, sparking some of the worst fighting in weeks, with up to 12 people killed and power supplies d…
NATO says not to blame for planes vanishing from radar
LONDON (Reuters) – NATO said on Sunday it was not to blame for recent incidents in which dozens of aircraft briefly vanished from air traffic control radar screens in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Pakistan army launches big operation after airport attack
MIRANSHAH Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan sent troops, artillery and helicopter gunships to the troubled North Waziristan region on Sunday in a long-expected military operation just a week after a deadly insurgent attack on the country’s biggest airport….
Afghan presidential candidates both say they’re leading
KABUL (Reuters) – Rival camps in Afghanistan’s presidential race each proclaimed to be leading the contest on Sunday, a day after the run-off was held and as officials were still tallying the hundreds killed or injured in election-related violence.
In Ukraine, a day of mourning shows nation divided
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Church bells rang out over Kiev’s Maidan square and hundreds of mourners bowed their heads in silence on Sunday, a national day of mourning, to honor 49 Ukrainian servicemen killed by pro-Russian separatists.
