Italy to step up patrols in hope of saving migrants from shipwreck
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is to step up naval and air patrols in the southern Mediterranean to try to prevent repeats of the shipwrecks which have drowned hundreds of African migrants in two separate disasters in little more than a week.
Gunmen abduct six Red Cross workers and local volunteer in Syria
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Gunmen abducted six Red Cross aid workers and a local volunteer of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in northwest Syria on Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
Iran rejects West’s demand to ship out uranium stockpiles
DUBAI/VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran on Sunday rejected the West’s demand that it send sensitive nuclear material out of the country but signaled flexibility on other aspects of its atomic activities that worry world powers, ahead of renewed negotiations this…
Polish PM spared humiliation in Warsaw vote: exit poll
WARSAW, Oct 13 – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was spared a humiliating set-back on Sunday when an exit poll showed a referendum to remove his close ally, the mayor of Warsaw, had failed to attract enough votes to be valid.
FARC guerrillas bomb railway of top Colombia coal miner Cerrejon
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s biggest coal producer, Cerrejon, said a bomb attack on its railway on Sunday partially derailed a train carrying coal to port and damaged the track, but exports would continue as normal using stocks held at its privately-o…
Argentina’s Fernandez discharged from hospital after brain surgery
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was discharged from hospital on Sunday after successful surgery last week to remove blood from the surface of her brain, but cannot yet resume public duties, the government said.
Mass evacuation saves Indian lives as cyclone leaves trail of destruction
GANJAM/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – A mass evacuation saved thousands of people from India’s fiercest cyclone in 14 years, but aid workers warned a million would need help after their homes and livelihoods were destroyed.
Mayor of big Venezuelan city arrested in corruption probe
CARACAS (Reuters) – State security agents have arrested the mayor of Venezuela’s third-largest city for alleged corruption after President Nicolas Maduro asked lawmakers to grant him decree powers he says he needs to fight graft.
Colombian peace talks stall, tension mounts
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Colombian government and left-wing FARC rebels ended a 15th round of peace negotiations on Sunday trading accusation over responsibility for the slow pace of the talks and for the first time failing to issue a joint statement on …
France will increase troops in Central African Republic: Fabius
BANGUI (Reuters) – France will boost its troops presence in the Central African Republic by the year end under a forthcoming U.N. resolution to help prevent the country from spiraling out of control, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
