Dozens killed, wounded in south Yemen attacks claimed by Islamic State
ADEN (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed or wounded in two suicide car bombings in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, according to witnesses and local medics.
Thai activists in Pinocchio masks call junta leader ‘liar’
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Thailand wore cartoon masks portraying the country’s junta leader with a long nose on Saturday, calling him a “liar” for delaying a general election promised this year.
Senior German conservatives urge shift to right as Merkel picks cabinet
BERLIN (Reuters) – Several senior German conservatives called on Saturday for their party to shift to the right to win back voters, throwing down the gauntlet to Chancellor Angela Merkel before she announces her choice of cabinet ministers on Sunday.
Dozens killed or wounded in south Yemen suicide attacks: witnesses
ADEN (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed or wounded in two suicide car bombings in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses and local medics said.
Albania’s Chams want Greek apology for wartime expulsion
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s Cham community, expelled from Greece after World War Two, asked Greece on Saturday to apologize for what they called a genocide against them and permit them to return to the area in northern Greece from which they were remo…
Italy’s League rallies in Milan as tense election campaign winds up
MILAN (Reuters) – Northern League leader Matteo Salvini drew thousands of supporters to a rally in Milan on Saturday as campaigning intensified ahead of a March 4 election expected to give most seats to a right-wing coalition of which his party is a me…
Belgian judge charges Paris attack suspect’s brother with armed robbery
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian judge on Saturday charged the brother of Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the November 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, with armed robbery.
German conservatives call for shift to right as Merkel decides cabinet posts
BERLIN (Reuters) – Several senior German conservatives called on Saturday for their party to shift to the right to win back voters, throwing down the gauntlet to Chancellor Angela Merkel before she announces her choice of cabinet ministers on Sunday.
More than 20 killed in attacks in Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A series of militant attacks in Afghanistan killed more than 20 people, officials said on Saturday, ahead of an international meeting next week aimed at building diplomatic support for hoped-for peace talks with the…
U.N. South Sudan mission recalls police unit over sex abuse allegations
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has recalled a Ghanaian police unit working at one of its protection camps while it investigates allegations that some of them were involved in sexual abuse, it said on Saturday.
