Three police killed in Pakistan attack, Islamic State suspected
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Three police officers were killed by unknown assailants in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad on Friday, police said on Saturday, in an incident that is being investigated as a possible attack by Islamic State.
Kerry and Abbas to meet in Jordan in Sunday
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan on Sunday, the U.S. State Department said.
Italy closes route over Brenner mountain pass to defuse WW2 bomb
ZURICH (Reuters) – An unexploded bomb dropped from a U.S. airplane during World War Two will halt car and train transportation south of the Brenner Pass on the Austrian-Italian border on Sunday morning as explosives units defuse and dispose of the devi…
Leaders of Nepal and India mend fences after friction
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leaders of Nepal and India have overcome mutual misgivings, India’s foreign secretary said on Saturday, after talks to ease tensions over Nepal’s recently-adopted constitution.
Junta-ruled Thailand flirts with Russia as U.S. ties cool
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand is pursuing closer ties – and possible arms deals – with Russia, with relations between Thailand and its traditional partner, the United States, cooling in the wake of a May 2014 coup.
Al Qaeda militants seize southern Yemen town, kill militia leader: residents
ADEN (Reuters) – Dozens of al Qaeda militants took control of the southern Yemeni town of Ahwar on Saturday, residents said, consolidating the group’s control over much of the region.
Kremlin says concerned by Turkey shelling Syrian territory
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Saturday expressed concern over Turkey’s shelling of Syria’s territory, saying such actions were whipping up further tension on the two countries’ border.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe warns party members fighting over his succession
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe threatened to discipline ruling party members he accuses of fanning divisions over who will succeed him, reaffirming his authority ahead of his 92nd birthday on Sunday.
Thousands marry in mass ceremony in South Korea
GAPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) – About 3,000 couples from 62 countries tied the knot in South Korea on Saturday, in a mass wedding ceremony conducted by the Unification Church founded by the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon.
New government school blown up in Pakistan’s restive northwest
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants blew up part of a newly constructed government school in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region late Friday night, a spokesman for a wing of the Pakistani Taliban said on Saturday, the latest in a string of …
