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.
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”.
