Russian Senate head to discuss nuclear program with North, South Korea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior official in the Russian parliament will discuss North Korea’s missile and nuclear program in separate talks with parliamentarians from Seoul and Pyongyang on Monday, TASS news agency said.
Yemen’s ex-president Saleh stable after Russian medics operate
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh has had a successful operation at a Sanaa hospital after a Russian medical team was flown in to perform it, government sources said on Saturday.
Car bomb explodes in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, casualties reported
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the center of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, causing an unknown number of casualties, police said.
German minister upsets fellow conservatives by proposing Muslim holidays
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has upset fellow members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc by proposing that Germany introduce Muslim public holidays.
Spain to take control of Catalonia if gets ambiguous reply on independence
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government will take control of Catalonia if regional leader Carles Puigdemont replies ambiguously to Madrid’s question about whether he has declared independence from Spain, the interior minister said on Saturday.
Gunmen attack Kenyan school, killing six children: officials
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Seven people, six of them children, were killed in northern Kenya on Saturday when unknown assailants attacked a school, officials said.
French army charter plane crashes in Ivory Coast, four Moldovans killed
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Four Moldovan citizens were killed and two others were injured on Saturday when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the sea near the airport in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, Ivorian and French officials s…
China confirms will amend party constitution, likely to include Xi’s theories
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has agreed to amend the party constitution, expected to embed President Xi Jinping’s political thought, ahead of next week’s five-yearly party congress in which Xi will further tighten his grip on powe…
Germany’s FDP does not expect coalition to form before Christmas
BERLIN (Reuters) – A senior member of the pro-business Free Democrat (FDP) party that is likely to be a partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new government said in a magazine interview he did not expect the coalition to form before the end of the year…
At least four killed in plane crash in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – At least four people were killed on Saturday when a propeller-engine cargo plane crashed into the sea near the international airport in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan, a Reuters witness said.
