Palestinian teens stab, kill Israeli in West Bank supermarket
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two Palestinian 14-year-olds stabbed and killed an Israeli in a packed supermarket in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said, as a five-month wave of bloodshed shows no sign of abating.
Iran proposes nuclear power cooperation with Hungary
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Iran has proposed a project with Hungary to design and develop a small nuclear reactor that could be sold across Asia and Africa and also built in the Islamic republic, Tehran’s top nuclear official said on Thursday.
Opposition candidate detained as Ugandans vote for president
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The man hoping to break Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year grip on Uganda’s presidency was briefly arrested on Thursday and the government shut down social media sites as voters cast their ballots under the gaze of police and soldiers in rio…
Real or Barcelona? Venezuela president’s economy speech seen as own goal
CARACAS (Reuters) – In the middle of announcing new measures to tackle Venezuela’s economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro stopped to sound out government officials on whether they support Real Madrid or Barcelona, the two giants of Spanish soccer.
Head-on crash between bus and truck kills 71 in Ghana
ACCRA (Reuters) – A bus hit a cargo truck north of Ghana’s second city Kumasi overnight, killing 71 people in the West African country’s deadliest road crash for years, authorities said on Thursday.
Red Cross halts operations in Afghan province after staff taken
KABUL (Reuters) – The Red Cross has suspended operations in the central Afghan province of Ghazni after an armed group kidnapped five local staff members, the international aid organization said on Thursday.
Ugandan police arrest presidential candidate on election day: opposition
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan police arrested opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye during elections on Thursday, a senior official at his party said, a move likely to heighten tensions in the capital after a largely peaceful vote.
Moscow expects explanation from Saudis over participation in Syria operation: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow expects an explanation from Saudi Arabia over plans to participate in the “anti-terrorist” operation against Islamic State in Syria, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Thursday, TASS reported.
At least 38 civilians die in U.S.-led strikes in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, said on Thursday that at least 38 civilians were killed in air strikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition in Hasaka province in northeast Syria in the past t…
India orders universities to display large flags after protests
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Hindu nationalist government on Thursday ordered major universities to prominently display the country’s flag at a time when it is struggling to contain the largest nationwide student protests in a quarter of a century, of…
