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Malawians search for relatives buried under the mud as death toll jumps

BLANTYRE (Reuters) -In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through …

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Turkey’s foreign minister in Cairo for first time since ties cut a decade ago

By Hatem Maher and Huseyin Hayatsever CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt and Turkey took another step towards mending relations on Saturday when Ankara’s top diplomat visited Cairo for the first time since ties were ruptured a decade ago and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart. Relations were severely strained in 2013 after Egypt’s then-army chief Abdel Fattah …

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Scottish National Party chief executive quits after membership numbers dispute

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The chief executive of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), Peter Murrell, said on Saturday that he was resigning with immediate effect after accepting blame for the public being misled about the number of SNP members. “Responsibility for the SNP’s responses to media queries about our membership number lies with …

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North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against US

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in the nation’s military to fight against the United States, North Korea’s state newspaper reported on Saturday. About 800,000 students and workers, on Friday alone, across the country expressed a desire to enlist or reenlist in the military to …

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Wet winter eases California drought, giving way to spring flood risks

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The mixed blessing of California’s exceptionally wet winter is likely to play out this spring with somewhat heightened flood risks in a state left largely drought free for the first time in three years, U.S. government forecasters reported on Thursday. The higher odds of minor to moderate flooding …

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Ukraine war: International court issues warrant for Putin’s arrest

By Bart H. Meijer and Olena Harmash AMSTERDAM/KYIV (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging Moscow’s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, as the Kremlin reacted with outrage. Russia has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands …

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