Mass evacuation saves Indian lives as cyclone leaves trail of destruction
GANJAM/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India’s fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers warned a million would need help after their homes and livelihoods were destroyed.
Mayor of big Venezuelan city arrested in corruption probe
CARACAS (Reuters) – State security agents have arrested the mayor of Venezuela’s third-largest city for alleged corruption after President Nicolas Maduro asked lawmakers to grant him decree powers he says he needs to fight graft.
Colombian peace talks stall, tension mounts
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Colombian government and left-wing FARC rebels ended a 15th round of peace negotiations on Sunday trading accusation over responsibility for the slow pace of the talks and for the first time failing to issue a joint statement on …
France will increase troops in Central African Republic: Fabius
BANGUI (Reuters) – France will boost its troops presence in the Central African Republic by the year end under a forthcoming U.N. resolution to help prevent the country from spiraling out of control, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
Rioting erupts in Moscow after killing blamed on migrant
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Demonstrators, some chanting racist slogans, vandalized a shopping center and scuffled with police in a Moscow neighborhood on Sunday after the killing of a young man that residents blamed on a migrant from the Caucasus.
Syrian rebels say shot warplane near border with Jordan
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they shot a government warplane on Sunday near the southern city of Deraa along the border with Jordan but the plane was able to make an emergency landing at a nearby military airport.
Islamist militants destroy Sufi shrine in eastern Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Sufi Muslim shrine was blown up in eastern Syria on Sunday, opposition activists said, blaming al Qaeda-affiliated militants who have joined in the increasingly sectarian civil war.
Gunmen abduct six Red Cross workers and local volunteer in Syria: ICRC
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Gunmen abducted six Red Cross workers and a local volunteer of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in northwest Syria on Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
Rome vows to block funeral of convicted war criminal Priebke
ROME (Reuters) – Civil and church authorities have moved to prevent a funeral in Rome for Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal convicted of one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres, who died last week at the age of 100.
Tropical Storm Octave forms off Mexico’s Baja California coast: NHC
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Octave formed south of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula early Sunday morning.
