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…
Gunmen kill nine, gas pipeline hit in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively pea…
Zarif stresses benefits to Iran of framework nuclear deal
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran’s nuclear program will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday, stressing the benefits to Iran of t…
