South Sudan forces battle “White Army”
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s army fought on Sunday with “White Army” ethnic militia, accusing rebels of mobilizing the force despite its offer of a truce to end the conflict in the new country.
Iraq attacks kill at least 18, including army general -police, medics
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday, including a military general in a bombing in the northern city of Mosul, police and medical sources said.
Volcano erupts in eastern El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The Chaparrastique volcano in eastern El Salvador erupted on Sunday, environment officials said, belching a column of ash high into the air.
Blast at Egyptian army building wounds four soldiers
CAIRO/ANSHAS (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside an Egyptian army building north of Cairo on Sunday, wounding four soldiers, the army said, in the second bomb attack on security forces in the Nile Delta in less than a week.
Earthquake hits southern Italy, early reports say no injuries
ROME (Reuters) – An earthquake hit areas of southern Italy on Sunday, sending many residents out on to the streets but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.
Erdogan vows Turkish graft affair will fail to topple him
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan swore on Sunday he would survive a corruption crisis circling his cabinet, saying those seeking his overthrow would fail just like mass anti-government protests last summer.
Earthquake felt in large parts of southern Italy
ROME (Reuters) – An earthquake hit areas of southern Italy on Sunday, sending many residents out on to the streets.
Spain arrests eight over global bank cyber heists
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police on Sunday said they had arrested eight people suspected of helping to steal more than $60 million from banks worldwide by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from cash machines.
Lebanon rocket fire draws Israeli artillery strike
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Rockets launched from south Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday and Israel responded with artillery shells across a border that has been largely quiet since a war in 2006.
Israeli ministers endorse legislation to annex part of West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A panel of Israeli cabinet ministers endorsed proposed legislation on Sunday to annex an area of the occupied West Bank likely to be the eastern border of a future Palestinian state.
