By Isla Binnie and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) – The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday ahead of an emergency summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss the crisis. Up to 900 people were feared dead after their boat sank on its way to Europe from Libya at the weekend including
The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced the start of its annual spring offensive, warning it would ramp up attacks on foreign embassies and government officials, as well as military targets, starting on Friday. The Islamist militant group has been fighting the Afghan government and its foreign backers since it was ousted from power by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. “If the foreign occupiers really want to relieve themselves from this
By Linda Sieg and Kanupriya Kapoor TOKYO/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in Indonesia on Wednesday, the latest sign of a thaw between the Asian rivals that came despite an awkward diplomatic backdrop. Abe told reporters after the meeting that the two leaders agreed to work for better relations and contribute to regional stability by
At least 42 fighters were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between Islamist rebels and the Islamic State group in Syria’s Damascus province, a monitoring group said Wednesday. “At least 30 Islamist rebels and 12 fighters from IS were killed in fighting since Tuesday” in the hilly region of Qalamun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Meanwhile, at least 11 people were killed in regime bombardment of two
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police arrested former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother on Wednesday over alleged misappropriation of state funds, an official said.
With the polls deadlocked ahead of an election, Prime Minister David Cameron campaigned Wednesday with Boris Johnson, one of the Conservative party’s most popular politicians who also has his eye on the top job. Johnson, the twice elected mayor of London, had been keeping a low profile during the campaign for the May 7 vote but this week has made a string of appearances with top Tories in a bid
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the nation was “deeply shattered and disappointed” over the farmer’s death. “At no point must the hardworking farmer think he is alone. The Delhi police announced an investigation into the sequence of events leading to the farmer’s death. The tree was several metres from the stage where Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and members of his party were due to speak against the national government’s
The host of the Women in the World Summit talks with Yahoo’s Bianna Golodryga about what’s different this time around.
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Freddie Gray’s death.
PARIS (AP) — An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was prevented from opening fire on churchgoers only because he accidentally shot himself in the leg, French officials said Wednesday.
