Afghan boy relives terror of ‘bomb-like’ landslide
AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbor’s simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Then the rumbling …
Pro-Russians storm Odessa police station, PM slams local police
ODESSA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian militants stormed a Ukrainian police station in Odessa on Sunday and freed nearly 70 fellow activists as the country’s leaders lamented a police force they said was widely undermined by graft or collaboration wit…
Three killed in bus blasts on second day of violence in Kenya
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least three people were killed when two buses driving on a busy highway in the Kenyan capital Nairobi were struck by explosive devices on Sunday, the day after attacks in Mombasa.
Five killed as boulder crushes house in Sierra Leone capital
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Five people, including two children, were killed on Sunday when a boulder dislodged by heavy rains crushed a house in a poor area of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, witnesses said.
India’s Modi rails against illegal immigrants after Muslim killings
KOLKATA/NARAYANGURI, India (Reuters) – Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial front-runner in India’s mammoth general election, on Sunday reiterated his strong stance against illegal immigrants, just days after a wave of sectarian killi…
U.S. pushes Congo on term limits, pledges aid
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United States urged Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to stick to its constitution that sets terms limits for the president, as speculation grows that Joseph Kabila may seek a third term.
At least 19 killed and 130 injured in Indian train accident: police
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed and more than 130 injured when a passenger train was derailed in western India on Sunday, police said.
Police disperse crowd after Belgium bans French comedian event
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Police used water cannon on Sunday to disperse a crowd after authorities banned a rally in Brussels that a French comedian accused of anti-Semitism was due to address.
Yemeni army in heavy fighting; six soldiers die in suicide blast
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen said at least 37 al Qaeda militants were killed in the southern province of Shabwa on Sunday as the army intensified an offensive to root out foreign and local Islamist fighters holed up in some of the country’s most impen…
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams expected to be released by police: source
ANTRIM, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police are expected to release Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams later on Sunday and send a file to the province’s public prosecutor after four days of questioning, a source familiar with the case told R…
