Two die as police building collapses in Nigeria’s megacity Lagos
LAGOS (Reuters) – Two people were killed when part of a two-storey building in a police training college collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Sunday, the police and the emergency agency said.
Anger in Afghanistan at female pilot’s U.S. asylum bid
KABUL (Reuters) – There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country’s air force was requesting asylum in the United States after completing an 18-month training course.
Pakistan releases Indian fishermen in bid to ease tensions with Delhi
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan released 220 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture aimed at easing tensions with its neighbor, officials said.
South Korea prosecutor says it might raid presidential office
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said on Sunday it was considering whether to raid the presidential offices and if it did so, it had no choice but to do so publicly…
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.
