Death toll in Somali Islamist attack at least 14, police says
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – An attack on Friday by a Somali Islamist group next to a busy park and a hotel in the capital killed at least 14, while 30 others were injured, police said on Saturday.
Arab coalition air strikes kill 40 northeast of Yemen capital: residents
CAIRO (Reuters) – Air strikes by an Arab coalition fighting Iranian-allied Houthi forces in Yemen hit a market northeast of the capital Sanaa on Saturday, killing 40 people, residents said.
Hollande jeered at start of Paris farm show
PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Hollande was met with jeers from angry farmers at the start of the annual Paris agricultural show on Saturday, underlining the French president’s unpopularity in a week marked by a revolt within his Socialist party over labor…
Mugabe birthday bash riles critics in drought-hit Zimbabwe
MASVINGO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday at a nearly $1 million party organized by supporters on Saturday, drawing criticism from opponents who said the celebrations in a drought-stricken area were an affront to o…
U.N. urges Pakistan to resolve Afghan refugees’ status
KALABAT, Pakistan (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official has urged Pakistan to resolve the status of more than 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan whose registration cards have expired or who remain unregistered.
Irish exit poll shows no clear winners as government hammered
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s two main political foes were left considering an unlikely alliance on Saturday after exit polls suggested voters had rejected established parties — including the ruling coalition — in favor of protest groups and independe…
ASEAN says seriously concerned about rising South China Sea tensions
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations expressed serious concern on Saturday about growing international tension over disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Denmark environment minister to step down, bringing coalition crisis to a head
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen said on Saturday she will step down having lost support in parliament, potentially bringing to a head a crisis threatening the minority government after only eight months in of…
Greece seeks to stem migrant flow as thousands trapped by border limits
ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece moved to slow the flow of migrants from its islands to the mainland on Friday as thousands of homeless refugees were trapped in the country by border limits imposed along a Balkan route to richer nations in northern Eu…
Explosion rocks waste treatment plant at Antwerp port
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A storage bunker at an industrial waste treatment plant exploded at the port of Antwerp in northern Belgium on Friday, sending up a dark cloud of smoke hundreds of meters high.
