North Korea offers to suspend nuclear tests if U.S. suspends military drills
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea, but Washington rejected the proposal as a veiled threat.
Two bombs deactivated in Istanbul shopping centers: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Homemade explosive devices were found in two shopping malls in Istanbul on Saturday, Hurriyet Daily News reported, citing police, days after a suicide bombing in the historical district of Sultanahmet.
Kerry meets sultan of Oman in Germany
MUNICH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sultan Qaboos of Oman on Saturday in Germany, where the Arab leader has been receiving medical treatment since July, a U.S. official said.
Around 35,000 Germans rally in Dresden against racism and xenophobia
DRESDEN (Reuters) – A rally against racism and xenophobia on Saturday drew tens of thousands of people in the eastern German city of Dresden, which has become the center of anti-immigration protests organized by a new grassroots movement called PEGIDA….
Avalanche kills one, traps four in northeastern Turkey: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – One worker was killed and four were trapped by an avalanche in Turkey’s northeastern Trabzon region on Saturday following a week of vicious snow storms across the region, the disaster management agency (AFAD) said,
Sri Lanka army defied last minute order to keep Rajapaksa in power: Sirisena ally
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, an ally of the newly elected leader said on Saturday.
Blast in market of Nigeria’s Maiduguri kills at least 16
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb explosion in a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday killed at least 16 people and injured more than 20, a security source and witnesses said on Saturday.
Gunmen kill two soldiers in attack on Ivory Coast border town
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen crossed over from Liberia and launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in western Ivory Coast on Saturday, killing at least two soldiers, a local member of parliament said.
U.S.-led air strikes focus on Kobani, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American-led forces launched 12 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria since Friday, all but one of them near the contested city of Kobani, the U.S. military said.
Russia says Ukraine has violated loan terms: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine has violated the terms of a $3 billion Russian loan but Moscow has not yet decided whether to demand early repayment, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted on Saturday as saying.
