Japanese author, Pakistani teenage activist tipped for Nobels
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Pakistani teenage activist shot by the Taliban and a Japanese author who writes about alienation and a fractured modern world are tipped as Nobel Prize winners ahead of the annual awards that start on Monday.
Orthodox Christians mark 1,700th anniversary of edict of tolerance
NIS, Serbia (Reuters) – Eight Orthodox Christian leaders, dignitaries from other faiths, politicians and thousands of others on Sunday celebrated the anniversary of the Edict of Milan, which established toleration for Christianity in the Roman Empire 1…
Libya’s PM demands explanation for U.S. raid in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Sunday asked U.S. authorities to explain a military raid in Tripoli to capture a Libyan man wanted for bombing U.S. embassies in Africa 15 years ago, his office said.
Muslim Brotherhood supporter killed in clash in Egypt: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A supporter of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was killed and at least two were wounded during a clash with police in a town south of Cairo on Sunday, security and medical sources said.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
Divers recover 10 more migrants’ bodies from Sicily wreck
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) – Divers began the recovery of dozens of migrants’ bodies on Sunday from a boat that sank last week off the coast of Sicily in one of the worst such disasters to hit people fleeing violence, poverty and oppression in Africa.
Support for Spain’s government grows as graft scandal recedes: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling center-right People’s Party (PP) would beat its socialist rival in an election as a corruption scandal involving party members dies down, an opinion poll in El Pais newspaper showed on Sunday.
China’s Xi says political solution for Taiwan can’t wait forever
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told a senior envoy from self-ruled Taiwan on Sunday that a political solution to a standoff over sovereignty lasting more than six decades cannot be postponed forever, drawing a cool, non-co…
Iran says four arrested for trying to sabotage nuclear site
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least four people have been arrested in Iran for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, an Iranian official was quoted by Iranian media as saying on Sunday.
