By Hamid Shalizi and Andrew MacAskill KABUL (Reuters) – An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible “collateral damage” in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents. Frantic MSF staff phoned military officials at NATO in Kabul and Washington after the attack, and bombs continued to rain down near
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a gay priest from his Holy See job on the eve of a major Church meeting for a highly public coming out that challenged the Roman Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, a Polish theologian, had worked at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal arm, since 2003. The
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide car bomb attacks targeting two mainly Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed at least 18 people on Saturday, police and medical sources said. The attacks targeted the mainly Shi’ite districts of Kadhimiya and Hurriya in northern Baghdad. Police said at least 60 people were wounded. (Reporting by Baghdad news room; Writing by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wants to avoid an adversarial relationship with Moscow and is unsure how Russia’s recent military intervention in Syria will affect the situation there. Netanyahu, in an interview recorded for broadcast on Sunday on “CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS,” did not join the United States and other NATO nations in criticizing Russia’s taking military action in Syria.
More than 20,000 people took part in a rally in Vienna on Saturday to show support for migrants and reject a recent upswing in support for Austria’s right-wing, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO). Last month alone, about 200,000 refugees and migrants – many fleeing war in Syria – entered the nation of 8.5 million, fuelling support for the FPO in recent provincial elections and national polls. Protesters marching towards parliament in
BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Moenchengladbach defeated Bundesliga runner-up Wolfsburg 2-0 at home Saturday to cap a remarkable turnaround after its dismal start to the season.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates held a tightly controlled election Saturday for its largely advisory Federal National Council, with only a portion of Emiratis eligible to cast ballots.
Malaysia’s police department has had no contact from the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on any investigation into state fund 1MDB or Prime Minister Najib Razak, the police chief said on Saturday. 1MDB has debts of more than $11 billion and is under investigation by national and foreign authorities over allegations of financial mismanagement and graft. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 20 that the FBI had launched
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Sergio Aguero scored five goals in a 20-minute spell as Manchester City used a second-half onslaught to beat Newcastle 6-1 Saturday and provisionally reclaim top spot in the Premier League.
By Tom Perry and Lidia Kelly BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting and drawing an increasingly angry response from the West. The U.S.-led coalition that is waging its own air war against Islamic State called on the Russians to halt strikes on targets other than