Chinese police shoot man dead at railway station: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police shot dead a man at a railway station in the country’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province on Saturday, saying that he was threatening public security and assaulting police, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Pope defends California missions’ founder ahead of canonization
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis defended an 18th-century Spanish priest on Saturday from accusations he brutalized Native Americans in missionary work that helped lay the foundations for the Catholic Church in the United States.
Air strikes kill civilians in Yemeni capital
CAIRO (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition struck a residential district of the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight, killing eight to 10 civilians, residents said on Friday.
Most French people give thumbs down to Hollande in poll
PARIS (Reuters) – More than 80 percent of French people do not want Francois Hollande to stand for re-election in the next presidential contest in 2017 due to his poor economic record, according to a poll ahead of his third anniversary in power later t…
Canada PM arrives in Iraq on surprise visit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Iraq on Saturday for a surprise visit expected to include a meeting with Canadian soldiers advising Iraqi troops fighting Islamic State militants.
Soul-searching over quake ends Everest climbing season
LUKLA, Nepal/KATHMANDU (Reuters) – As rescuers lose hope of finding more survivors in Nepal’s earthquake disaster zone, a separate drama has unfolded high above them on Mount Everest where the hopes of a few rich climbers and some of their sherpas have…
Dozens tried for mob killing of Afghan woman that sparked outcry
KABUL (Reuters) – Dozens of Afghan men including several policemen faced trial on Saturday over the mob killing in Kabul of a 27-year-old woman accused of burning a Koran, a lynching that prompted unprecedented protests.
Maldives police arrest 192, opposition leader, after clashes
MALE (Reuters) – Maldives police arrested 193 people including the leader of an opposition party after clashes broke out late on Friday with protesters demanding the government free the Indian Ocean archipelago’s ex-president from prison.
Kerry says U.S. wants to renew ties with Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday the United States wanted to renew ties with Sri Lanka and announced the start of an annual bilateral dialogue after years of tensions with the island nation’s former government.
Britain awaits royal birth as duchess Kate goes into labor
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain was awaiting the arrival of the newest member of its royal family on Saturday as Kate, the wife of Prince William, was admitted to hospital in the early stages of labor.
