North Mali town of Gao hit by mortar bombs, one killed
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unknown assailants shelled the north Mali town of Gao on Sunday, killing one person and wounding three others, according to military sources and residents.
Egypt refers 187 Brotherhood supporters to military court: prosecutor
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian prosecutor has referred to a military court 187 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters who are accused of killing police officers in a 2013 attack on a police station.
Four killed in suicide bombing near Libya’s Misrata – agency
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Four people were killed and more than 20 wounded by a suicide bomb attack on security checkpoint east of the Libyan city of Misrata, a local official news agency reported on Sunday.
Four killed in suicide bombing near Libya’s Misrata: agency
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Four people were killed and more than 20 wounded by a suicide bomb attack on security checkpoint east of the Libyan city of Misrata, a local official news agency reported on Sunday.
Libya’s official government plans to divert oil revenues to new account
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized government said it plans to open a bank account abroad to deposit oil revenues, hoping to divert proceeds from the industry away from the country’s rival administration in Tripoli.
Erdogan to visit Iran despite tensions: presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tehran for high level meetings on Tuesday, despite recent tensions over the Saudi-led bombing operation in Yemen.
Warplanes hit Yemen’s Sanaa overnight, clashes in Mukalla: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombed Yemen’s capital Sanaa overnight, residents said, on the eleventh day of a campaign against Iran-allied Houthi forces opposed to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
Bangladesh opposition leader Zia granted bail in graft cases
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s former premier and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia was granted bail in two graft cases on Sunday after she appeared before a special court, a potential sign of easing tension in the politically unstable South Asian country.
Hundreds of people return home in Philippines as typhoon weakens
MANILA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon left evacuation centers and returned home on Sunday after a typhoon weakened significantly as it made landfall, although officials still warned of heavy rain and …
Malaysian helicopter crash kills PM’s senior aide and former envoy to U.S.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib’s party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials s…
