Ten dead in strike on school in new Gaza fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at …
Iran’s elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – In early July, hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Kamal Shirkhani in Lavasan, a small town northeast of the Iranian capital Tehran. The crowd carried the coffin past posters which showed Shirkhani in the green uniform o…
German magazine reports Israel spied on Kerry last year
BERLIN (Reuters) – German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that Israel and at least one other intelligence agency were listening in on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s unsecured phone calls last year when he was holding nearly daily negotiat…
Lebanese army tries to expel Syria-linked militants from border town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers traded fire with Islamist gunmen and shelled areas around the border town of Arsal on Sunday aiming to roll back the biggest incursion by militants into Lebanon since Syria’s civil war began.
In Liberia’s capital, fear of Ebola hampers official response
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Health workers turned up in Monrovia’s Clara Town district on Sunday to remove two bodies of possible victims of the Ebola virus, four days after they dropped dead there when nobody would take them to hospital.
Billions of dollars in deals and funding to be announced at Africa summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding food and power programs in Africa during a summit this week, U.S. and development …
Bodies of possible Ebola victims found in central Monrovia
MONROVIA (Reuters) – The bodies of two men previously showing symptoms of Ebola lay in the streets of Monrovia for four days before being collected by health workers on Sunday, residents told Reuters.
Ukrainian army steps up attacks on rebel-held Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in eastern Ukraine.
China releases investigative journalist after almost year in jail
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese investigative journalist who accused officials of corruption has been released after almost a year in detention, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Afghanistan election crisis deepens with new fraud allegations
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s troubled presidential election plunged deeper into crisis on Sunday when one of the main contenders accused a deputy of President Hamid Karzai of orchestrating fraud in favour of his rival.
