Villagers mob U.S. aid choppers as Philippine relief effort spreads
CABUNGAAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Mobbed by hungry villagers, U.S. military helicopters dropped desperately needed aid into remote areas of the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines, as survivors of the disaster flocked to ruined churches on Sunday to p…
Irish president Higgins to make first state visit to UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Michael D. Higgins will make the first state visit to Britain by an Irish president next year three years after Queen Elizabeth made a historic trip to Dublin to help repair relations clouded by a history of conflict.
Coercion complaints underscore challenge to EU’s Kosovo accord
MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Low turnout and complaints of coercion in a re-run election in northern Kosovo on Sunday underscored the challenge facing the European Union in implementing an accord designed to end the country’s ethnic partition.
U.S. military working on plan to train thousands of Libyans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is working on plans to train 5,000 to 7,000 members of the Libyan security forces and also special operations forces who can carry out counter-terrorism missions, a senior U.S. military official said.
31 Syrian soldiers killed in bomb attack: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thirty one Syrian soldiers were killed on Sunday in bomb attack at a government building in a town on the outskirts of the capital, a monitoring group that documents Syrian battlefield developments said.
Boeing airliner crashes in Russia, 50 killed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board and spotlighting the poor safety record of regional airlines that ply internal routes across the world’s largest nation.
Libya’s deputy spy chief kidnapped at airport
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s deputy intelligence chief was kidnapped outside Tripoli’s international airport on Sunday, a month after the prime minister was snatched by militiamen.
French hostage in Nigeria escapes his jailers
PARIS/ABUJA (Reuters) – A French engineer who had been held hostage by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria for almost a year has escaped his jailers, President Francois Hollande said on Sunday.
France assures Israel it will stand firm on Iran deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande assured Israel on Sunday that France would continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Tehran had given up any pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Clashes stoke tension before Mozambique local election
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Clashes in Mozambique’s second city of Beira between rival party supporters and riot police injured more than 20 people and stoked tension ahead of local elections this week that will test opposition to the Frelimo government.
