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Hundreds urged to wash clothes after UK nerve agent attack

 SALISBURY, England (Reuters)- Hundreds of people who visited the Zizzi restaurant or the Mill pub in the English city of Salisbury were told Sunday to wash their clothes after traces of nerve agent used to attack a former Russian spy last week were found at both sites. Public Health...

Cuba vote opens final chapter of Castro era

Cubans voted Sunday to ratify a new National Assembly, a key step in a process leading to the elevation of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family. The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old...

Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet Sunday. In the two-hour documentary, called Putin, the president said Spiridon Putin was a valued member of Stalin's staff. The...

Egypt army says 16 jihadists killed in Sinai operation

CAIRO (AFP)- Egypt's military said Sunday 16 jihadists, an officer and a soldier were killed in the past four days during a major military operation against Daesh (ISIS) jihadists in Sinai. The army launched a sweeping campaign after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who is...