German police detain suspect in Munich knife attack
MUNICH (Reuters) – A man injured four people with a knife in the German city of Munich on Saturday and police detained a suspect matching descriptions by witnesses.
India cenbank says linking national ID number to bank accounts mandatory
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank on Saturday dismissed media reports that it was not necessary to link national identity card numbers, known as Aadhar numbers, to bank accounts.
Kremlin says Putin, Erdogan discuss Syria in phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed an upcoming meeting of the Astana process on the Syrian conflict in the Kazakh capital in late October, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Spanish government meets to impose direct rule in rebel Catalonia
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish cabinet was meeting on Saturday to decide how it will impose direct rule on Catalonia and thwart a drive by the autonomous region to breakaway from Spain.
No life-threatening injuries reported in Munich attack: police
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – None of the victims of a knife attack in the German city of Munich on Saturday sustained life-threatening injuries, police said on Twitter.
Choice of Mugabe as goodwill WHO envoy shocks, baffles
GENEVA (Reuters) – The appointment of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organization (WHO) has been denounced by human rights groups.
Three dead, search on for others after landslide at Malaysia construction site
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Three foreign workers were killed and 11 others were missing after a landslide at a construction site in George Town, capital of the northwest Malaysian state of Penang, authorities said on Saturday.
China says no excuses for foreign officials meeting Dalai Lama
BEIJING (Reuters) – Foreign leaders can’t think they can get away with meeting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama just because they are doing it in a personal capacity, as they still represent their government, a senior Chinese official sai…
Strong typhoon nears southern Japan the day before election
TOKYO (Reuters) – Heavy rain and powerful winds are expected to lash large areas of Japan on Sunday as a strong typhoon sweeps ashore, possibly hindering voter turnout in a national election.
Rockets strike downtown Kabul, no casualties reported
KABUL (Reuters) – As many as two rockets landed near the international military headquarters in downtown Kabul early on Saturday morning, Afghan security officials said.
