N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s military claimed victory on Sunday in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Deby on the battlefield. The rebel group Front...
Afghan school blast toll rises to 58, families bury victims
KABUL (Reuters) – The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul has risen to 58, Afghan officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to at...
India turns to ex-army medics as COVID surge sparks calls for lockdown
By Abhirup Roy and Aishwarya Nair MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is to recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system, the defence ministry said on Sunday, as the country grapples with...
Most Swiss still back treaty deal with EU, poll shows
VIENNA (Reuters) – Most Swiss voters are still in favour of striking a bilateral treaty deal with the European Union, a poll for newspaper NZZ am Sonntag showed, despite years of fraught negotiation and opposition...
London, Edinburgh downplay risk of court battle over Scottish independence
LONDON (Reuters) -British and Scottish politicians on Sunday played down the risk of a legal battle over whether Scotland can hold an independence referendum, but provided little clarity as to how London and Edinburgh...
Afghan foreign minister meets ICC prosecutors to discuss war crimes investigation
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Afghan foreign minister and prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have met in The Hague to discuss the ICC’s war crimes investigation in Afghanistan, both sides said in...
Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Remnants of China’s biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with most of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the atmosphere, ending days of speculation...