Three killed as small airplane crashes into Tokyo suburb: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three people were killed when a small airplane crashed into a residential area of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK reported, setting fire to houses and cars.
China jails nine more members of banned cult: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei has jailed nine members of a banned religious cult for up to three years, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, a day after five others were sentenced in a northeastern province.
Yemen Houthi leader captured: Southern resistance
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior commander of Yemen’s Houthi militia has been captured by southern secessionist forces allied to a Saudi-led coalition, the so-called Southern Resistance movement said on its official Twitter account.
Warplanes attack targets near Yemen capital: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes carried out raids near the Yemeni capital Sanaa late on Saturday and shortly after dawn on Sunday, residents reported.
Five Nepalis held, suspected of sacrificing 10-year-old boy
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Five people have been arrested and face charges of murdering a 10-year-old boy in southwest Nepal, police said on Sunday, in an incident media reports said was a suspected case of human sacrifice.
Greek bailout talks pushed back by a few days on logistics: official
ATHENS (Reuters) – Talks between Greece and its international creditors over a new bailout package will be delayed by a couple of days because of organizational issues, a finance ministry official said on Saturday.
Colombia’s Santos orders halt to air raids on FARC rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos ordered a halt to air raids against FARC rebel camps as the government seeks to cool hostilities with the Marxist group while the two sides hammer out a peace accord to end five decades of war….
Fears for tribes, forests as India eyes Andaman island expansion
JIRKATANG, India (Reuters) – Bollywood music blares from a line of food stalls serving tourists outside the entrance to a thickly-forested tribal reserve on India’s far-flung Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Britain to hold EU referendum within a year: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will hold a referendum on its membership of the European Union within the next 12 months, the Independent on Sunday said, as the Prime Minister believes pressing ahead with a vote gives the best chance to win concessions from…
Egypt extends state of emergency in North Sinai by three months
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it had extended by three months a state of emergency imposed on parts of Northern Sinai in October after Islamist militants stepped up attacks in the peninsula bordering Israel, Gaza and the Suez Canal.
