Suicide bomber hits Nigerian city of Maiduguri: sources
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a three-wheeled vehicle detonated near the office of state security in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday, two security sources said.
One dead, 12 hurt in knife attack at Chinese market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A knife-wielding man stabbed a woman to death and injured 12 people in China’s southern city of Shenzhen on Saturday, the official news agency Xinhua said, in the latest of a series of attacks that have unnerved the country.
Japan PM Abe studies possible China visit in September: Asahi
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is studying the possibility of a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in September, the Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday, citing sources close to Abe.
India, Pakistan to join China, Russia in security group
UFA, Russia (Reuters) – India and Pakistan began accession to a regional security group led by China and Russia on Friday after two days of summits which President Vladimir Putin held up as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world.
Planemakers poised for Iranian buying spree if nuclear deal reached
PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – Western planemakers look set to reap billions of dollars in deals with Iran, if a deal is done on its nuclear program to allow one of the world’s most promising aviation markets to come out of quarantine.
Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni cities two hours into truce -residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen’s capital and another main city causing explosions, residents reported, two hours after a United Nations humanitarian truce took effect.
Greek PM Tsipras seeks party backing after abrupt concessions
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to his party’s lawmakers on Friday to back a tough reform package after abruptly offering last-minute concessions to try to save the country from financial meltdown.
Pope urges Paraguay to consolidate democracy, end drug trade, graft
ASUNCION, Paraguay (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Paraguay to consolidate democracy and end corruption and drug trafficking, after receiving a colorful welcome on Friday at the start of the last leg of his eight-day South American tour.
Former Vatican ambassador goes on trial in child abuse case
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will go on trial on Saturday accused of child sex offences in a case seen as a test of Pope Francis’s drive to clean up the church.
U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State on Thursday with 16 air strikes in Iraq and 15 strikes against the militant group in Syria, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday.
