Two Australians killed in Kenya bus crash, several injured
NAROK Kenya (Reuters) – Two Australian tourists were killed on Sunday when their luxury bus crashed into a river along a steep section of a road in southwest Kenya, police said.
Fueling drug gangs’ impunity, unidentified corpses pile up in Mexico
MAZATLAN Mexico (Reuters) – In Mexico’s blood-soaked northern state of Sinaloa, a simple gravestone adorned with pink, blue and yellow plastic flowers marks the tomb of 42-year-old assistant carpenter Carlos Montano.
Britain to offer NATO summit security fences to help France stop migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is offering to donate 20 km (13 miles) of steel fencing from last week’s NATO summit in Wales to help French authorities struggling to control a growing number of illegal immigrants trying to cross the English Channel to Brit…
Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years
COLOMBO/DHAKA (Reuters) – Shinzo Abe on Sunday became the first Japanese prime minister to visit Sri Lanka in 24 years, on the second leg of a South Asian tour that sought to assert Tokyo’s interest in a region where it has ceded influence to China.
Twelve killed in clashes west of Libyan capital Tripoli: doctor
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Around twelve people have been killed and ten wounded in a flare-up of clashes between rival armed groups near the Libyan capital Tripoli, a doctor said on Sunday.
Somalia removes security chief, warns of al Shabaab retaliation
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia replaced its national security director on Sunday and put its army on alert for retaliation after the Islamist militant group al Shabaab confirmed its leader had been killed in a U.S. air strike.
U.S. moves to reassure Georgia as Ukraine crisis stokes unease
TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel vowed to help further strengthen Georgia’s military during a rare visit on Sunday to the former Soviet republic, which has watched Ukraine’s crisis with alarm after fighting its own brief war with …
Germany’s divisive road toll plan could make a loss: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – A plan to introduce toll roads in Germany aimed mainly at foreigners, which has already divided the ruling coalition, is flawed and even loss-making, according to internal government documents published in Der Spiegel magazine on Sun…
NATO’s new missions won’t solve Ukraine, Iraq crises
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – NATO leaders emerged from a summit in Wales with a plan to protect eastern members from a resurgent Russia, a pledge to reverse the decline in their defense spending, and an embryonic Western coalition to combat Islamic milita…
Most Catalans don’t want independence vote to go ahead if found illegal: polls
MADRID (Reuters) – A majority of Catalans believe a planned independence vote in November should not go ahead if, as expected, the referendum is declared illegal, two polls showed on Sunday, as the Spanish region prepares for a stand-off with Madrid.
