Ecuador ruling party chooses Correa ally as presidential candidate
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s ruling party tapped a former vice president and ally of leftist President Rafael Correa as its candidate for president on Saturday in an election to be held in February.
Congo commission expects presidential vote delay to Dec 2018
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The head of Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission said on Saturday that he expects the presidential election, originally scheduled for this November, to be delayed until December 2018, lawmakers present at his speech …
Afghan Taliban fighters press advance on Helmand capital
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters have advanced closer to Lashkar Gah, capital of the strategic southern province of Helmand, pushing into a farming district on the other side of the river from the town, officials said on Saturday.
Protesters hold ‘die-in’ at Heathrow against airport expansion
LONDON (Reuters) – More than a hundred people demonstrated at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday, including dozens who took part in a “die-in” at one terminal, just weeks before Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is due to decide where to build…
Iran showcases new combat drone, copied from U.S. unmanned aircraft
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled a home-built drone that they said was capable of carrying bombs, state media reported on Saturday, in what appeared to be another copy of a reconnaissance U.S. drone that Iran captured five years a…
Islamist group bombs Somali restaurant, at least 3 dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist group al Shabaab bombed a restaurant frequented by members of the security forces in Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least three people, officials and the group said.
Orthodox shun pope’s Mass in Tbilisi, few Catholics turn out
TBILISI (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday said Mass for unusually small crowd of just a few thousand Catholics in Georgia, a celebration that was further dampened when a delegation from the Orthodox Church stayed away.
Philippines’ Duterte likens himself to Hitler, wants to kill millions of drug users
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would “be happy” to exterminate 3 million drug users and peddlers in the country.
Suicide bomber kills one person, wounds three in Yemeni port city
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cinema in the Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, killing one person and wounding three others, residents and a local official said.
BAE Systems to begin building new British nuclear submarines
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ministry of defense said on Saturday that construction work will begin on the country’s new nuclear submarines, announcing nearly 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) of new investment with defense firm BAE Systems.
