Syria’s Assad pays Easter visit to recaptured Christian town
MAALOULA, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday visited an ancient Christian town recaptured from rebels last week, state media said, as he seeks to persuade minorities that the government is their best protection against hardlin…
Abdullah widens lead in Afghan presidential vote
KABUL (Reuters) – Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah’s lead in the Afghan presidential race has widened, the latest official tally of votes released on Sunday showed, although half of the votes have yet to be counted.
Turkey Twitter accounts appear blocked after Erdogan court action
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two anonymous Twitter accounts used to release secretly recorded conversations implicating family and associates of Turkey’s prime minister and senior government officials in a corruption scandal appeared on Sunday to have been blo…
Chinese admiral to snub Japan at regional meeting: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The commander of the Chinese navy will refuse to meet Japanese military officials one-on-one at a regional naval symposium in China this week, a navy spokesman was quoted as saying on Sunday, citing what he called hurtful actions b…
Ghana company says U.S. plane seen in Tehran broke no laws
ACCRA (Reuters) – A U.S.-flagged plane which landed at an airport in the Iranian capital Tehran last week was carrying business executives from Ghana and did not flout international laws, according to the mining firm which leased it.
New air strikes kill 25 al Qaeda militants in Yemen
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Air strikes in southern Yemen killed about 25 suspected al Qaeda members on Sunday, local tribal sources said, in the second operation of its kind within two days.
Search ends for missing on Everest, some Sherpas call for shutdown
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers have given up searching for three sherpa guides missing two days after the deadliest ever accident on Nepal’s Mount Everest killed at least 13 and shocked the mountaineering world.
Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain’s detention as death toll mounts
JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors investigating last week’s ferry disaster said on Sunday they wanted to extend the detention of the captain and two other crew as they try to determine the cause of an accident that likely cl…
Militants kill 11 Algerian soldiers in ambush
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Islamic militants killed at least 11 Algerian soldiers in an ambush on a patrol in mountains east of the capital Algiers, a security source said on Sunday, in one of the deadliest attacks on the military in years.
Gunmen kill two Egyptian policemen near Cairo, court jails Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen killed an Egyptian intelligence officer and a policeman on a road outside Cairo in a late-night firefight, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
