Suspected al Shabaab militants kill at least 12 in northern Kenya ambush
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – Suspected Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 people in an ambush in northern Kenya on Monday, a day after Kenyan jets pounded the Islamists’ bases over the border, disaster and police officials said.
Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction ‘terrifying’
MAGLAJ, Bosnia/KRUPANJ, Serbia (Reuters) – Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the “terrifying” destruction to that of the country’s…
Election officials at sharp end in separatist Ukraine city
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – From a cramped office in residential Donetsk, election officials were frantically working on Sunday to prepare for Ukraine’s May 25 presidential poll, despite what they described as intimidation and threats from pro-Russian…
U.S. warns of risk of renewed conflict after Mali clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The United States warned on Monday that northern Mali risked sliding back into war and called for the government and Tuareg separatists to return to talks after deadly clashes in a traditional rebel stronghold at the weekend.
Hundreds evacuated in El Salvador as volcanic activity picks up
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people in El Salvador were evacuated from the area around the simmering Chaparrastique volcano in the east of the Central American country as a precautionary measure against a possible eruption, the government sa…
Mali separatists release around 30 civil servants: U.N. mission
ACCRA (Reuters) – Separatists in northern Mali have released around 30 civil servants held since Saturday after an attack on a regional governor’s office in Kidal, a spokeswoman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA told Reuters on Monday.
Britain summons Sudan diplomat over death penalty for Christian convert
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain summoned the Sudanese charge d’affaires on Monday to protest against sentencing a pregnant woman to death for converting to Christianity.
Focus on Russia-China gas deal as Putin visits Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes to sign a multi-billion dollar gas agreement with China during a two-day visit that kicks off on Tuesday, ending more than a decade of false starts and wrangling over a deal seen as vital to b…
U.S. reaches agreement with Nigeria on intelligence sharing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has come to an agreement allowing it to share some intelligence with Nigeria to bolster the search for more than 200 girls kidnapped by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Kremlin again says Putin has ordered troops from Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin announced on Monday President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian forces near Ukraine back to their bases, but NATO and the United States said they saw no sign of a pullback and Moscow had failed to carry out such promises…
