South Korea reports three new MERS cases, Thailand says none
SEOUL/BANGKOK (Reuters) – South Korea reported three new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome on Sunday, bringing the total to 169 in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, but Thailand said it had no new infections.
Moonshine kills at least 94 in India city slum
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Toxic homemade liquor has killed at least 94 slum dwellers in India’s financial capital Mumbai, with more than 45 in hospital, police said on Sunday, in the latest disaster involving moonshine.
Bomb kills nine Afghan children, 10 adults; key district falls in north
KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least 19 Afghan civilians including nine children in a southern province, while Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the frontline of the battle for Kunduz city, officials said on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia warns citizens against sharing ‘faked’ documents after Wikileaks release
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday urged its citizens not to distribute “documents that might be faked” in an apparent response to WikiLeaks’ publication on Friday of more than 60,000 documents it says are secret Saudi diplomatic communication…
Rising unemployment piles up problems for Indonesian president
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian companies are shedding jobs as they grapple with the weakest economic growth in six years, adding to the troubles facing President Joko Widodo, who was elected last year on pledges to dig the country out of a rut.
U.S., India discuss intellectual property concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that senior Obama administration officials had raised U.S. concerns with him about India’s handling of intellectual property rights during his U.S. visit this week.
Jolie decries ‘explosion of suffering’ after visiting refugees in Turkey
MIDYAT, Turkey (Reuters) – Hollywood actress and director Angelina Jolie on Saturday described a spiraling global refugee crisis as an “explosion of human suffering” whose causes the international community refuses to confront.
Malian rebel alliance signs peace deal with government
BAMAKO (Reuters) – (This version of the story was refiled to fix dropped letter in byline)
Colombia protests Venezuela fixing of maritime border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s foreign ministry has sent a letter of protest to neighboring Venezuela after the government of President Nicolas Maduro decreed maritime borders in a disputed area of the Atlantic Ocean, a ministry source said on Saturday….
Man kills three by ploughing SUV into Austrian shoppers
VIENNA (Reuters) – A driver killed three people and injured 34 on Saturday in the Austrian city of Graz when he ploughed a vehicle at high speed into a crowded shopping street, police said.
