Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least seven people on Saturday, the latest violence to hit a region repeatedly buffeted by violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
UK Prime Minister Cameron to visit Washington next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will have meetings with President Barack Obama next week during a two-day visit to Washington, the White House said on Saturday.
Libya’s factions agree to new talks in Geneva next week
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s factions have agreed to a new round of U.N.-backed negotiations to attempt to end the conflict destabilizing the North African country three years after Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a civil war.
Haitians learn to live with disaster upon disaster
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Claude Enrico survived the earthquake that hit Haiti five years ago and helped pull people from under the rubble in the flattened capital Port-au-Prince.
‘Vibrant India’: Modi’s superlative act to charm investors
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Global statesmen and business titans descend on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Sunday to pay homage to the man they are counting on to unleash big-bang reforms and create one of the few bright spots i…
Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI/KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said.
Greek PM Samaras vows tax cuts as leftists hold poll lead
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged on Saturday to cut taxes and gradually end austerity as he seeks to woo voters and overturn a poll lead by the leftist opposition party Syriza ahead of a snap election.
Indonesian search team raises tail of crashed AirAsia plane
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian search and rescue teams raised on Saturday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, but have yet to locate the black box flight reco…
Sri Lanka army defied order to keep Rajapaksa in power: Sirisena aide
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army defied orders from aides of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to keep him in power “by force” when it became clear he had lost his bid for a third term, the campaign spokesman of the newly elected leader said on Sa…
Iran vows to help Venezuela to stem oil price fall
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Venezuela’s president on Saturday he backed coordinated action between Tehran and Caracas to reverse a rapid fall in global oil prices which he described as a “political ploy hatched b…
