Two Pakistan coast guard killed in Pakistan’s key CPEC port district
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Two Pakistan Coast Guard officers were gunned down in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday in a district that is key to a Chinese-funded transport and energy project opposed by separatist militants, police sai…
Asian sailors freed by Somali pirates arrive in Kenya for flights home
NAIROBI (Reuters) – 26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, ahead of flights home, a maritime expert said.
Hungary’s Orban rejects ‘Sovietization’ by Brussels, defends nation state
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – At a commemoration of a 1956 anti-Communist uprising, Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orban said his country must stand up to Europe’s “Sovietization” and defend its borders against mass migration.
Fighting in Somalia kills at least seven soldiers: officials
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in weekend fighting between soldiers from two semi-autonomous regions of Somalia, officials from both sides said on Sunday, sparking fears of wider conflict.
Burundi police question U.S. journalist, keep her fixer in custody
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Police in Burundi arrested an American journalist and her Burundian fixer on Sunday, saying they had questioned both on suspicion of destroying criminal evidence before releasing only the journalist from custody.
Sanaa air raids resume as Yemen truce expires, say residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition attacked targets in Sanaa at dawn on Sunday, hours after a three-day truce in Yemen’s war expired, residents in the capital said.
Door to Lebanese presidency ‘wide open’, will vote for Aoun: Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday the door to electing a president was “wide open” and his members of parliament would vote for ally Michel Aoun at a parliamentary session at the end …
Spain’s Socialists clear way for minority conservative government
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s conservative leader Mariano Rajoy was on course to secure a second term in power for his People’s Party (PP) on Sunday after his Socialist rivals agreed to abstain in a looming confidence vote, ending 10 months of political d…
Senior politician in South Africa’s ANC urges party leaders to quit
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A senior member of South Africa’s ruling ANC urged its top leaders including President Jacob Zuma to quit on Sunday, saying fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reflected an abuse of power to settle political s…
Two police killed, 19 people wounded in bomb in east Turkey: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two police officers were killed and 19 people were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a passing police vehicle in the eastern Turkish province of Bingol on Sunday, security sources said.
