On Easter, Pope calls for end to war, condemns waste exacerbating hunger
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in his Easter address before a huge crowd, on Sunday denounced the “immense wastefulness” in the world while many go hungry and called for an end to conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and Africa.
Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police arrested 16 Palestinians at one of Jerusalem’s most revered and politically sensitive holy sites on Sunday as they dispersed protesters opposed to any Jewish attempts to pray there.
Air strike kills Qaeda militants in Yemen, second in two days: defense ministry
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – A number of al Qaeda militants were killed when an air strike hit their training camps in a remote mountainous region of southern Yemen on Sunday, the defense ministry said, the second attack of its kind in two days.
Joyful homecoming for four French journalists after Syria captivity
VILLACOUBLAY AIRBASE, France (Reuters) – Four French journalists held captive in Syria for more than 10 months returned home to France on Sunday, freshly shaved and beaming, where they were met at an airbase by President Francois Hollande, their famili…
South Africa’s ANC set for two-thirds majority: poll
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress (ANC) is on course to win nearly a two-thirds majority in May 7 elections, a poll showed on Sunday, confounding analysts who had predicted a fall in support for South Africa’s ruling party 20 years…
Eight killed in plane crash in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Hawker 800 jet crashed in northern Mexico late on Saturday, killing all eight people on board, the government of the state of Coahuila said.
South Korea recovers first bodies from inside sunken ferry
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean divers retrieved three bodies from inside a sunken ferry overnight, officials said on Sunday, the first time they have been able to gain entry to the passenger section of the ship.
Iran says it watered down, converted over 200 kg of enriched uranium
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Saturday it had completed watering down and converting more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) of enriched uranium under a deal reached in Geneva last November with world powers over its disputed nuclear program.
U.N. peace envoy criticizes Israeli Easter security in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police refused to let the U.N.’s peace envoy to the Middle East, other diplomats and a crowd of Palestinians pass through a barricade to attend a pre-Easter ritual in the Jerusalem church that Christians revere as the buri…
Mediator heads to east Ukraine, seeking surrenders
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – A mediator from Europe’s OSCE security body headed to eastern Ukraine on Saturday seeking the surrender of pro-Russian separatists as the Kiev government declared an Easter truce following a peace accord with Moscow.
