Record 1.3 tonne cocaine haul found on Air France flight
PARIS (Reuters) – French police found a record haul of 200 million euros ($270.19 million) of cocaine hidden in suitcases on an Air France flight from Venezuela’s capital Caracas to Paris, police and government officials said.
Kenya military says it has freed most hostages from mall siege: TV
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s military said on Sunday it had freed most hostages at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 68 people were killed in an attack claimed by Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab.
Syrian opposition group says willing to attend Geneva talks
AMMAN (Reuters) – The head of the Syrian National Coalition has said the group is ready to attend a proposed Geneva conference to end the civil war, if the talks aim to establish a transitional government.
U.S. will support Kenya to bring attackers to justice: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday to offer condolences over what the White House called a “terrorist attack” by the al Shabaab group at a Nairobi shopping mall that has killed almost 70 peopl…
Southern Swiss voters back ban on full-face veils
ZURICH (Reuters) – People in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino voted to impose the country’s first ban on face-covering veils on Sunday, following in the footsteps of French and Belgian restrictions that rights groups say discriminate against Muslims…
Death toll in Kenya mall attack reaches 68: Red Cross
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The death toll from an attack by Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall has reached 68, after nine more bodies were brought out from the building, Kenya’s Red Cross said on Sunday on its Twitter feed.
Egypt set for total rewrite of Mursi constitution
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is likely to completely rewrite the constitution adopted under Mohamed Mursi, a spokesman for the committee amending it said on Sunday, in a further push to reverse changes introduced under the deposed Islamist president.
France’s Hollande congratulates Merkel on election win
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande congratulated Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory in Sunday’s German election, inviting her to talks in Paris once her new government is formed, the French presidency said in a statement.
Kenya’s ‘Little Mogadishu’ fears backlash after Shabaab attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) – In the shabby “Little Mogadishu” quarter of Kenya’s capital, Somalis feared the militant attack on a Nairobi shopping mall could trigger a violent backlash against them.
Merkel’s conservatives on track for absolute majority: projection
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are on course to win a historic absolute majority in Sunday’s election, according to a projection based on exit polls and some results from broadcaster ARD.
