Iran says death toll of nationals in haj crush rises to 464
DUBAI (Reuters) – The death toll of Iranians killed at the disaster at the haj in Saudi Arabia last week has risen to 464, Iran Haj and Pilgrimage Organization said on Thursday.
Buhari asks Nigeria to be patient about cabinet
LAGOS (Reuters) – President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday he had submitted a cabinet list to parliament for approval but asked Nigerians to continue to be patient with his four-month search for a government.
Australia detains U.S. anti-abortion activist
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said it has detained an U.S. anti-abortion activist after he attempted to enter the country without a valid visa on Thursday, just days after permission for him travel to Australia for a series of talks was revoked.
Satellite images may show China’s first indigenous carrier: Jane’s
BEIJING (Reuters) – New satellite images show China may be building its first indigenous aircraft carrier in the northeastern port of Dalian, according to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly, which has released the pictures.
Rising anger in Thailand’s boom-to-bust northeast
KHON KAEN, Thailand (Reuters) – The rural heartland of Thailand’s deposed leader Yingluck Shinawatra and her exiled billionaire brother Thaksin is hurting as a result of the military government’s economic policies, stirring discontent and the threat of…
UK PM Cameron says no reparations for slave trade: BBC
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said his administration would not make reparations for the country’s role in the Caribbean slave trade, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Russia begins Syria air strikes in its biggest Mideast intervention in decades
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia launched air strikes in Syria on Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades, plunging the four-year-old civil war into a volatile new phase as President Vladimir Putin moved forcefully to stake out…
Argentina rebukes U.S. for failing to aid hunt for ex-spymaster
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina on Wednesday criticized Washington for failing to answer repeated inquiries about the whereabouts of a fugitive former spymaster who President Cristina Fernandez’s government suspects is seeking refuge in the United S…
Israel undermines U.S. peace effort, Palestinian Abbas tells U.N
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of sabotaging U.S. efforts to broker peace and said Israeli security operations at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem could lead to a religious war.
Mexico extradites two alleged drug lords to U.S. including ‘La Barbie’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has extradited to the United States two high-ranking alleged drug lords, the attorney general’s office said on Wednesday, the two most prominent to be handed over since the escape of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chap…
