WORLD HEADLINES
The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February ceasefire agreement. More than 6,500 people have been killed since the conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine in April last year. Ukrainian military observers said they witnessed rebel missile systems “turned towards Donetsk, shelling residential areas of Donetsk, then
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu’s foundation says the retired archbishop has completed treatment for an infection but will remain in the hospital for observation.
Andy Murray clinched Great Britain’s first Davis Cup semi-final berth for 34 years as the world number three’s gritty victory against Gilles Simon gave his country an unassailable 3-1 lead on Sunday. Murray defied the aches and pains assailing his body after playing for three successive days at Queen’s Club to grind out a 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-0 success that made the quarter-final singles rubber irrelevant. The Scot’s 23rd
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday suggested that Germany would show flexibility in negotiating how Greece deals with its massive debt, but again ruled out writing off part of the money.
London (AFP) – Australia thrashed England by 405 runs to win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Sunday and so level the five-match series at 1-1.
By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers gave their go ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, heeding a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that the alternative to a deal with Athens was chaos. Popular misgivings run deep in Germany, the euro zone country which has already contributed most to Greece’s two bailouts since 2010, about funneling yet more aid to Athens.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he raised the topic of detained Americans at every meeting he held with Iranians during the final weeks of nuclear negotiations and said he is hopeful Tehran would release them. The Obama administration has faced criticism for not securing the Americans’ release as part of the landmark deal reached on Tuesday in Vienna to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions
ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters completed their offensive to retake the southern city of Aden from the Houthi militia on Friday, residents said, as fighting in one main district subsided. Several residents displaced from their homes in Tawahi, a district in the west of the port city which had been the last redoubt of the Houthis in Aden, told Reuters they had returned to their homes and that despite
By Francesco Guarascio and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Revelations of U.S. spying in Europe have soured transatlantic relations, prompting a White House apology and, as leak followed leak over the past two years, have fostered feelings of moral superiority among Europeans. Less well known still is that the 28-nation European Union itself, as a collective institution, is spending hundreds of millions of euros developing security technologies that civil liberties
Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited a sensitive border area with North Korea populated by ethnic Koreans, state media said on Friday, amid tension over the North’s disputed nuclear program and killings blamed on North Korean troops. While the report made no direct mention of North Korea, a country Xi has yet to visit since assuming power in late 2012, he talked up Yanbian’s agricultural prowess – something that stands
