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.
At least 89 killed in stampede at Indian Hindu temple
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in central India on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said.
U.S. citizen found dead in Egyptian prison
CAIRO (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen was found dead in an Egyptian prison on Sunday in an apparent suicide six weeks after he was arrested for breaking a curfew, security sources said.
India seizes armed ‘anti-piracy’ ship owned by U.S. security firm
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – India has detained an armed ship operated by a U.S. maritime security company and the 35 people on board for failing to produce papers authorizing it to carry weapons and ammunition in Indian waters, the coast guard said on S…
Israel finds tunnel dug under its Gaza border, blames Hamas
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Israel displayed on Sunday what it called a Palestinian “terror tunnel” running into its territory from the Gaza Strip and said it was subsequently freezing the transfer of building material to the enclave.
German SPD tells Merkel no deal without minimum wage
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition Social Democrats threw up a new potential obstacle to a ‘grand coalition’ government with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday ahead of a new round of talks, saying they would insist on a national minimum wage.
Afghan in uniform shoots at U.S. soldiers in country’s east
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot at U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least one serviceman on Sunday, local officials and the NATO-led coalition said.
U.S., Afghans agree most of pact, elders to make final decision
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have reached preliminary agreement on a bilateral security pact that now depends on the approval of Afghanistan’s tribal leaders.
Greek far-right leaders accused of organized violence
ATHENS (Reuters) – She first got into politics in Greece last year – when she bought herself a bullet-proof vest and learned how to beat up immigrants with poles hung with the national flag.
