Senior Uighur official investigated for graft in China’s Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior ethnic Uighur official in China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang is being investigated for suspected serious “discipline violations”, the Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Sunday, using a euphemism for co…
Saudi soldier killed in cross-border shelling from Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi soldier was killed and another wounded by shelling from forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and Houthi rebels near the Yemen border, Saudi state news agency SPA said on Sunday.
Kuwait arrests suspects in mosque attack, mourns dead
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait detained the owner of a car that took a bomber to a Shi’ite mosque to carry out the country’s worst ever militant attack, officials said on Saturday, as thousands calling for national unity turned out to bury some of the 27 ki…
European tour operators evacuate thousands from Tunisia after attack
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tour companies were evacuating thousands of foreign holidaymakers from Tunisia on Saturday, a day after a gunman killed 39 people at a beach hotel in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
French police investigate beheading suspect’s ‘selfie’: source
LYON, France (Reuters) – The suspected militant Islamist accused of decapitating his boss and attempting to blow up a gas plant in southeastern France had taken a macabre “selfie” with the severed head before his arrest, a source close to the investiga…
Nearly 200 injured amid fire explosion in Taiwan: media
TAIPEI (Reuters) – About 200 people were injured after a fire suspected to have stemmed from the explosion of an unknown flammable powder occurred in a recreational park in northern Taiwan, local media reported on Saturday.
Disputes linger as Iran, powers push for nuclear deal: France
VIENNA (Reuters) – An accord to curb Iran’s nuclear program remains elusive due to disagreements on fundamental issues, France’s foreign minister said on Saturday in Vienna, just days before the June 30 deadline for a deal.
Armenian president tries to end days of protests
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s president tried to ease days of tension by suspending an increase in public electricity bills, pending a review of the decision, but failed to end a protest by thousands of people.
Suicide bombers kill at least three in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno on Saturday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks by suspected Islamist militants.
Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden refinery, fire starts: witnesses
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi fighters fired missiles at storage tanks at an Aden refinery on Saturday, starting a large fire, and 14 people were killed in clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-led forces near the southern port city, witnesses…
