Indonesian police kill two militants during raid on house in Java
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police killed two suspected Islamist militants in a house in West Java on Sunday, a police spokesman said, in the latest in a series of raids aimed at preventing planned attacks in the Muslim-majority nation.
Congo ethnic militia kills 13 civilians in apparent revenge attack
KINSHASA (Reuters) – An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 13 Hutu civilians on Sunday with guns and machetes in an apparent revenge attack for the deaths of Nande civilians last week, a local activist said.
French-Swiss aid worker kidnapped in Malian city of Gao
BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) – A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to rescue her, the French foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Suicide bomber in Cameroon kills two in attack on Christmas market
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market full of Christmas shoppers, an aide to the governor of Far North region said on Sunday.
Fuel tank ablaze in Oil Refineries in Israeli city of Haifa
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A fire erupted in a fuel tank at Oil Refineries Ltd in Haifa on Sunday, sending thick black smoke into the sky above the northern Israeli port city.
China’s Suzhou city to halt live poultry trade on bird flu concerns
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese city said on Sunday it will suspend trade of live poultry in the interests of public health after neighbouring provinces reported cases of human bird flu infections.
Police in China’s capital investigate hundreds of prostitution suspects
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China’s capital said on Sunday they had investigated hundreds of cases of suspected prostitution, in a rare public announcement on a crackdown against illegal vice.
Israel to re-assess U.N. ties after settlement resolution, says Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will re-assess its ties with the United Nations following the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
Tunisian security forces arrest three for links to Berlin market attack suspect
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people, the interior ministry…
Asylum seekers riot at Papua New Guinea detention camp
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asylum seekers held at a Papua New Guinea detention center briefly took control of two compounds and expelled guards following the death of a refugee who fell ill at the center, Papua New Guinea police said on Sunday.
