Kenyatta maintains strong lead in Kenya vote: election commission
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85 percent of polling stations reporting, the election commission said.
Afghan Taliban release villagers held after attack
SAR-E PUL, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – The Taliban released 235 villagers held after the insurgents captured a village in the northern province of Sar-e Pul, a senior provincial official said.
Japanese fighters conducted air drills with U.S. B-1B bombers on Tuesday
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said it had conducted joint air drills with U.S. supersonic bombers in Japanese skies close to the Korean peninsula on Tuesday as tension in the region escalates amid North Korea’s continued ballistic missile tests.
Quake in China’s Sichuan kills 19, including tourists; injures 247
JIUZHAIGOU, China (Reuters) – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, killing 19 people, including eight tourists, and injuring 247, the provincial government and official media said on …
Kenya election chief rejects opposition’s hacking claims as protests erupt
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s election commission dismissed claims on Wednesday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a “fictitious” lead for Odinga’s long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Bomb threat suspect in Israel offered services on dark web: U.S. authorities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Israeli teenager accused of a wave of bomb threats against dozens of Jewish community centers advertised his services on a now-shuttered online black market, offering to threaten any school for $30, according to U.S. authorities…
Vietnam wins U.S. defense pledges as tension with China grows
WASHINGTON/HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has won the promise of a visit from a U.S. aircraft carrier and deeper defense cooperation from the United States as strains show with China over the disputed South China Sea.
Father of Dutch Queen dies of cancer: Royal House
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Jorge Zorreguieta, the father of the Netherlands’ Argentine-born queen Maxima, has died in Buenos Aires of cancer at age 89, the Royal House said on Wednesday.
North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike Guam: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday it is “carefully examining” plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met …
German helicopter lost rotors before Mali crash: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German military helicopter that crashed while flying a peacekeeping mission in Mali began to break up while in flight, losing its rotor, according to a defense ministry report seen by Reuters.
