A year on, Pope Francis faces challenges meeting reform hopes
(Reuters) – In the year since his surprise election, Pope Francis has raised so many hopes of imminent changes in Church teaching that managing all those expectations is going to be a challenge.
Israel says regrets killing of Jordanian judge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Looking to prevent a diplomatic crisis with Jordan, Israel expressed its regret on Tuesday over the death of a Jordanian judge, who was shot by Israeli soldiers after an altercation at a border crossing.
India’s Rahul Gandhi compares opposition PM candidate to Hitler
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Rahul Gandhi, the heir to the dynasty that leads India’s ruling party, on Tuesday compared opposition leader Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler – his sharpest attack yet on a rival who is forecast to beat him in an upcoming general ele…
Legal limbo hampers probe into missing Malaysia jet
KUALA LUMPUR/NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators trying to solve the disappearance without trace of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner face an extremely rare challenge that could hinder their efforts: they lack the powers of a formal air safety investig…
Indian Maoists kill 16 in attack on police
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – Maoist rebels ambushed police and killed 16 involved in a mine clearing operation in a remote part of eastern India region on Tuesday, police said, as the insurgents demonstrated their strength ahead of a general election…
Al Qaeda hijacks spirit of Syria revolt three years on
KILLIS, ON THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER (Reuters) – Syrian refugees in this border outpost were delighted to hear their home town of Azaz had been liberated – not from Bashar al-Assad’s troops but from al Qaeda fighters who subjected them to a regime that…
Swedish journalist shot dead in central Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A gunman shot dead a Swedish journalist outside a restaurant in a brazen attack in one Kabul’s most heavily guarded districts on Tuesday, police and embassy sources said, underscoring growing insecurity threatening next month’s electi…
Exclusive: India to slash Iran oil imports to meet nuclear deal parameters – sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has to cut its Iranian oil imports by nearly two-thirds from the first quarter after the United States asked it to hold the shipments at end-2013 levels, in keeping with the nuclear deal easing sanctions on Tehran, Indian go…
Israel says regrets killing of Jordanian judge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel expressed its regret on Tuesday over the killing of a Jordanian judge, who was shot by Israeli soldiers at a border crossing, and promised Jordan to carry out a joint investigation into his death.
Militant Islamist website calls for attacks on France and Hollande: SITE
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A militant Islamist website has created a series of posters calling for attacks on France and for the assassination of President Francois Hollande in reprisal for the country’s policies in Mali and the Central African Republic, th…
