Car bomb ‘kills many’ at Somali military training base
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb was rammed into a military training base in the Somali port city of Kismayu on Saturday, killing “many soldiers”, officials said.
Egyptian Brotherhood leader handed sixth life prison sentence: judicial sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and several other prominent Islamists were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for murder and inciting violence, judicial sources said, part of an ongoing crackdown on the outlawed …
Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks three in probe of former unit of 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency on Saturday summoned three businessman to appear before it in an investigation of energy firm SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former unit of troubled state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1M…
China’s traffic police on alert after chemical blasts: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese traffic police are on high alert nationwide for dangerous chemicals, ten days after a warehouse exploded in the country’s northeast, state media said on Saturday.
Pol Pot’s sister-in-law, indicted for genocide in Cambodia, dies
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Ieng Thirith, the sister-in-law of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, died on Saturday, nearly five years after she was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Cambodia’s U.N.-backed war crimes court said.
Iran unveils new missile, says seeks peace through strength
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles) and it said military might was a precondition for peace and effective diplomacy.
U.S. soldier wounded helping to overpower gunman on train in France
PARIS (Reuters) – A machine gun-toting attacker wounded three people on a high-speed train in France on Friday before being overpowered by passengers who included an American soldier.
Myanmar ruling party sends message of unity after vote exposes rift
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling party on Saturday appealed for unity, saying its ousted party chief would stay ‘faithful’, after a parliamentary vote exposed a rift in the ruling bloc, amid the biggest political shake-up since the end of military r…
White House: Islamic State second-in-command killed in U.S. air strike
EDGARTOWN, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The second-in-command of the Islamic State militant group was killed during a U.S. air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday, dealing a blow to the group that has sought to form a caliphate ac…
Venezuela declares state of emergency along Colombia border
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Friday declared a state of emergency along parts of the border with Colombia to restore order after a clash between smugglers and troops left three soldiers wounded.
