Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo in court to face corruption charges
HARARE (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who was among those detained by the military when they seized power before Robert Mugabe resigned this week, appeared in court on Saturday to face corruption charges.
Pakistani police fire tear gas at Islamists blockading capital
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police used tear gas and watercannon, and fought running battles with stone-throwing Islamist activists, as they moved to clear a sit-in by the religious hard-liners who have blocked the main routes into the capital of I…
Japan coast guard finds body of dead male suspected from North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Coast Guard found the body of a male and parts of a wooden boat suspected to be from North Korea on the coast of one of Japan’s outlying islands on Saturday, an official said.
Bangladesh says agreed with Myanmar for UNHCR to assist Rohingya’s return
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take help from the U.N. refugee agency to safely repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh said on Saturday.
Pakistani police fire tear gas to break up Islamists’ sit-in blocking capital
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police used tear gas and watercannon in clashes with stone-throwing Islamist protesters on Saturday, as they moved to clear a protest by the religious hard-liners who have blocked main routes into Islamabad for more than…
Momentum grows for another grand coalition in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will likely approve a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives if party leaders present a convincing proposal, a member of the party’s executive leadership said on Sa…
Hope fades after 9 days of searching for Argentine submarine
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope and went home on Friday after days of waiting at the sub’s Mar del Plata naval base, saddened and angered by evidence that the vessel may have explod…
Fire in hotel on Georgia’s Black Sea coast kills 11
TBILISI (Reuters) – A fire in a hotel in Georgia’s Black Sea resort city of Batumi killed 11 people, an official said on Saturday.
Peru prosecutors say ex-president Toledo bribed by Brazil’s Camargo
LIMA (Reuters) – The Peruvian attorney general’s office accused former president Alejandro Toledo on Friday of taking bribes from Brazilian construction firm Camargo Correa SA [PMORRC.UL] in exchange for a lucrative highway contract during his 2001-200…
Syrian opposition picks chief negotiator ahead of new Geneva talks
RIYADH/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition group selected a new chief negotiator on Friday ahead of a new round of U.N.-backed peace negotiations with the Damascus government set to kick off next week.
