Beijing police on manhunt after deadly hit-and-run: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Beijing police are hunting for a man suspected of stabbing five people and then ploughing into a group of nine others with a van, killing one and injuring eight, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Japan PM Abe denies favors for friend amid falling support
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings sinking over a suspected cronyism scandal, on Monday said he had never instructed officials to give preferential treatment to a long-time friend, adding that the latter had never sought …
Militias renew attacks in Central African town, kill peacekeeper
DAKAR (Reuters) – Christian militias in Central African Republic have launched several attacks in the town of Bangassou in recent days, attempting to seize a cathedral housing displaced Muslims and killing a Moroccan peacekeeper, the United Nations sai…
Five killed in Mexico City shootings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five people were killed and nearly a dozen injured in separate shootings in Mexico City on Sunday, authorities said, adding to a growing death toll in the capital which has largely been spared the criminal violence plaguing the …
Nigeria releases first photo of ailing president in almost 80 days
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria released a photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, the first in almost three months after he left the country on May 7 for medical leave in Britain.
Cuba’s top U.S. negotiator named to new post
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has reassigned the woman who led two years of intense negotiation with the United States under the detente worked out by former U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro, state media said on Sunday.
‘I just want to go home’, says German girl who joined IS: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German teenager who joined Islamic State is now being held in detention in Iraq and says she regrets joining the jihadist group and just wants to come home to her family, media reported on Sunday.
One Jordanian killed, one Israeli wounded at Israeli embassy in Jordan: police
AMMAN (Reuters) – One Jordanian was killed and two people were wounded, including an Israeli, in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building within the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan’s capital Amman, a police statement said.
Venezuela congress going ahead despite ‘imperial’ threat: Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – Defying pressure from abroad and at home, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that a controversial election would go ahead next weekend for a new congress his foes fear will institutionalize dictatorship.
Two Jordanians die in shooting at Israeli embassy in Amman: security source
AMMAN (Reuters) – Two Jordanians died from wounds inflicted during a shooting on Sunday in the compound of the heavily-guarded Israeli embassy that also wounded an Israeli, police and a security source said.
