Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says party will run in election
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Saturday her party would contest a national election in November, ending months of uncertainty about its participation in a vote that will be crucial for the scope of the country’s reforms.
Six killed and 11 injured in Thailand’s violence-hit south
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Six people were killed and 11 injured in Thailand’s three southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla in a string of bomb and arson attacks by suspected separatist militants, the army said on Saturday.
Monitor: Syrian air strike kills 28 in Islamic State-held town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A group monitoring the Syrian war said an army air strike on an Islamic State-controlled town in the north killed at least 28 people including three children on Saturday, though the military denied the report.
Iran, powers give themselves to Monday for nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.
Lebanon says Israeli drone crashes at Tripoli port
BEIRUT/TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – An Israeli surveillance drone crashed into the sea near the port of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Saturday, the second time an Israeli drone has come down in the country in recent weeks, according to Leban…
Former Vatican ambassador hospitalized ahead of child abuse trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic fell ill and was taken to hospital ahead of the opening of his trial on Saturday for alleged child sex offences, a Vatican official said.
Former Vatican ambassador hospitalized ahead of child abuse trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic fell ill and was taken to hospital ahead of the opening of his trial on Saturday for alleged child sex offences, a Vatican official said.
Former Vatican ambassador hospitalized ahead of child abuse trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic fell ill and was taken to hospital ahead of the opening of his trial on Saturday for alleged child sex offences, a Vatican official said.
China says Uighurs being sold as ‘cannon fodder’ for extremist groups
BEIJING (Reuters) – Uighurs from China’s Xinjiang are being given Turkish identity papers in Southeast Asia by Turkish diplomats and then taken to Turkey where some are sold to fight for groups like Islamic State as “cannon fodder”, a senior Chinese of…
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.
