Al Qaeda deploy in Yemen’s Aden, British hostage freed
ADEN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants took control of a western district of Yemen’s main port city of Aden on Saturday night, residents said, in another sign that the group is drawing strength from five months of civil war.
Lebanese security forces use water cannon against protesters
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces fired water cannon at protesters demonstrating against the government near Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s offices in Beirut on Sunday, live television pictures showed.
U.S.-led coalition stages 26 air strikes on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners targeted Islamic State in 26 air strikes in Saturday’s round of daily attacks on the militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday.
Boko Haram members ambush convoy of Nigeria’s chief of army staff
ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying Nigeria’s chief of army staff on a tour of towns in troubled Borno state, the army said early on Sunday.
Too soon for ‘illogical’ U.S. to return to Tehran: Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday it was too early to talk of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, as Britain restored its diplomatic mission four years after protesters ransacked the British ambassador’s residence.
Pakistan says militants firing from Afghanistan killed four soldiers
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan said militants firing from Afghan territory killed four of its soldiers along the border on Sunday, as tensions continued to rise between the neighbors.
UK airshow death toll likely to rise to 11: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – The death toll from the crash of a jet aircraft onto a busy road near an airshow in southern England on Saturday is thought to have risen to 11, the BBC reported on Sunday.
Chinese cyclist kidnapped in Pakistan freed after a year: official
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Chinese tourist who was kidnapped in Pakistan by the Taliban more than a year ago has been freed, Pakistan’s interior minister said on Sunday.
Pilot killed in light plane crash at Swiss air show
ZURICH (Reuters) – Two light planes collided in flight at an air show in Dittingen, Switzerland, on Sunday, killing one of the pilots, police said.
Itau boss sees no cause yet for Rousseff impeachment: newspaper
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The chief executive of Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Brazil’s biggest bank by market value, said he does not yet see justification for President Dilma Rousseff to be impeached.
