Colombia bomb attack kills at least three police, wounds 14
BOGOTA (Reuters) – At least three police officers were killed and 14 wounded on Saturday by an early morning bomb attack outside a police station in Colombia’s coastal city of Barranquilla, authorities said.
Pro-Russian incumbent Zeman holds strong lead in Czech presidential vote
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Incumbent Milos Zeman held a strong lead over pro-EU academic Jiri Drahos in the Czech presidential election on Saturday in which voters were judging Zeman’s tough stance against immigration and courtship of closer ties with Russia a…
Russia’s Syria congress to call for vote on country’s future: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The conference on Syria in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi will call for the Syrian people to decide their future by popular vote without external pressure, RIA news agency reported on Saturday.
Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint in a busy part of the city that was crowded with pedestrians.
Friendly fire kills 11 in Iraq air strike: Iraqi security sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Friendly fire from the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed 10 members of the Iraqi security forces and a local official in an air strike west of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said.
Russian energy minister says U.S. sanctions against his officials ‘unlawful’: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Newly-imposed U.S. sanctions against two Russian energy ministry officials are “unlawful” and Moscow will seek explanations from Washington, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday, according to local news agencies.
Pro-Russian president, academic challenger face off in tight Czech presidential vote
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs wrapped up voting on Saturday in a presidential election run-off where pro-western academic Jiri Drahos is trying to oust incumbent Milos Zeman, who has split the nation by courting Russia and China and leaning towards far-rig…
Revolutionary Guards clash with Islamic State in western Iran
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards clashed with Islamic State militants in the western part of the country on Saturday, according to Sepah News, the official news site of the Guards.
Thai pro-democracy activists protest against junta delaying polls
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pro-democracy activists in Thailand and more than a hundred supporters gathered on Saturday in a rare show of dissent to protest against the country’s military government for delaying a general election.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the kingdom’s top international businessmen, was released from detention on Saturday, more than two months after he was taken into custody in a sweeping crackdown on corrupt…
