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.
Suicide bomber kills 16 in mainly Sunni district of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a tent filled with mourners in a predominantly Sunni district of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 16 people, police and medical sources said.
Merkel hails election win, says too soon to discuss plans
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed her conservative bloc’s victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday as an excellent result but said it was too early to discuss plans for the next government.
Obama says U.S. will support Kenya to bring shopping mall attackers to justice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday to express condolences over what the White House called a “terrorist attack” by the al Shabaab group at a Nairobi shopping mall that has killed at least 59 p…
Pope condemns Pakistan bombing as act of hate and war
CAGLIARI, Sardinia (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a blast at a church in Pakistan that killed at least 78 people as an act of “hatred and war”.
Tunisia’s powerful union calls for protests to topple the government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s trade union body announced mass protests on Sunday to force out the government, accusing the Islamist-led coalition of delaying crisis talks on the country’s political future.
U.S. Navy helicopter crashes in Red Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the central Red Sea on Sunday with five military personnel on board, a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, said.
Somali al Shabaab group says Kenya can’t act on its threats
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist militant group Al Shabaab taunted Kenya on Sunday as its guerrillas awaited a government bid to end a siege in the Nairobi shopping mall they had seized a day earlier.
Merkel leads in German vote, coalition unclear: exit poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives won the most votes in a German election on Sunday, putting her on track for a third term, but it was unclear whether she would be able to preserve her centre-right coalition or be forced to work with her…
Swiss voters reject bid to scrap military conscription
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland voted overwhelmingly to keep military conscription on Sunday, the third time citizens of the Alpine nation had rejected an attempt to reconstitute an institution regarded by many Swiss as a national ‘glue’.
