At least 31 feared dead near peak of Japanese volcano
TOKYO (Reuters) – Thirty-one people were presumed dead on Sunday near the peak of a Japanese volcano that erupted a day earlier, catching hundreds of hikers unawares as it belched out clouds of rock and ash.
Historic, anxious handover as Afghanistan swears in new leader
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test.
At least 18 killed in shootings and clashes in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eleven men died in a gunfight in northern Mexico and at least seven people, including an opposition politician, have been killed in violence in the southwest of the country, authorities said on Sunday.
Once-banned Indian leader woos diaspora at giant New York rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a glitzy show of lights, lasers and slogans, populist Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a triumphal address to tens of thousands of Indian-Americans and U.S. dignitaries in New York on Sunday, less than a decade afte…
Russia’s Lavrov says ties with Washington need ‘reset 2.0’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow called on Sunday for a new “reset 2.0” in relations with Washington, saying the situation in Ukraine that had led to Western sanctions against Russia was improving thanks to Kremlin peace initiatives.
EU’s Juncker team faces make-or-break hearings
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The next 10 days could make or break a plan to reshape the European Union under new management in an attempt to revive the economy and regain trust among its half-billion people.
France’s far-right grabs first ever Senate seats
PARIS (Reuters) – The far-right National Front won its first ever seats in France’s upper house of parliament on Sunday, as President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party lost its Senate majority.
Rwanda court’s forgotten men pose challenge to international justice
THE HAGUE/DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Justin Mugenzi was legally cleared of any role in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. But an oversight in the international justice system means he remains a virtual prisoner in a United Nations safe house in the eastern African…
Pakistani opposition keeps up pressure on prime minister to resign
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan on Sunday took the campaign to unseat Nawaz Sharif to the prime minister’s home base of Lahore, where tens of thousands of people roared their support for change.
Brazil’s evangelicals gain clout, close to electing first president
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s increasingly powerful evangelical Christians are tantalizingly close to electing one of their own as president next month in what would be a historic shift for the world’s largest Catholic nation.
