Suicide bomber kills 16 at procession for Shi’ite holiday in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 16 people in Pakistan on Friday at a procession in Sindh province for the Shi’ite Muslim holiday of Ashura, police said.
At least 43 killed in French bus crash, worst in decades
PUISSEGUIN, France (Reuters) – At least 41 people on a bus carrying elderly day-trippers were killed early on Friday when the bus hit a truck head-on and caught fire, in France’s worst road crash in more than 30 years.
South Africa’s Zuma caves in on fees amid violent student protests
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Friday ruled out university fee increases next year after a week of angry protests by students across the country in the first signs of the post-apartheid ‘Born Free’ generation flexing its mu…
Bombings kill at least 37 in northeast Nigeria: officials
MAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 37 people were killed and 107 wounded on Friday in two bomb attacks at mosques in Nigeria’s restive northeast, where Boko Haram has been trying to carve out an Islamic state, officials and medics said.
U.N. Security Council not respecting all members’ views: Venezuela
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Venezuela complained on Friday that the United Nations Security Council was not respecting the views of its non-permanent members, after abstaining on a vote for at least the seventh time this year and saying it was shut out …
U.N. plans Yemen peace talks soon, warns of aid obstruction
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Yemen was arranging face-to-face negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels but warned that a “disastrous humanitarian situation” has left most of the country in dire need.
Two Iranian fighters killed in Syria: Iranian agencies
ANKARA (Reuters) – Two members of a unit of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) have been killed in Syria, including an ex-bodyguard for Iran’s former president, Iranian media reported on Friday.
Sharif says India arms buildup compels Pakistan counter-measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday Pakistan would be forced to take “countermeasures” to deter against any attacks, given a major arms buildup by neighboring India and its refusal to resume talks over Kashmir.
Burundi sets up body aimed to end crisis, opponents dismissive
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s president swore in a national commission for dialogue on Friday aimed at resolving a deep political crisis, although opponents quickly dismissed the body as a sham.
Kosovo lawmakers flee, again, as tear gas released in parliament
PRISTINA (Reuters) – An opposition politician in Kosovo released teargas in parliament on Friday, sending lawmakers rushing from the debating chamber in the third such incident in two weeks.
