Car bomb kills eight Shi’ites in Baghdad ahead of festival
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb in central Baghdad killed at least eight Shi’ite pilgrims on Sunday, police and medics said.
Sudan’s opposition Congress Party says to boycott elections
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s opposition Congress Party will boycott next year’s elections because the restrictive political climate does not allow for fair polls, its leader Ibrahim al-Sheikh said on Sunday, further undermining the credibility of the v…
Chinese submarine docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concerns
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese submarine and a warship to dock at its port in the capital Colombo, officials said on Sunday, despite concerns raised by India about China’s warming relations with the Indian Ocean island nation.
China successfully develops drone defense system: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has successfully tested a self-developed laser defense system against small-scale low-altitude drones, state media said on Sunday.
Poll lead for newcomer shakes up Spain’s political system
MADRID (Reuters) – A party formed in January has become Spain’s main political force one year before national elections, an opinion poll showed, shaking up a two-party system that has dominated since the country’s return to democracy in the 1970s.
Suspected separatists attack barracks, police camp on Kenya’s coast
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan soldiers shot dead six suspected members of a separatist group after they hacked an officer to death in an attack on barracks in the port city of Mombasa, police and military officials said on Sunday.
Bahrain releases prominent activist Rajab, next hearing January 20
MANAMA (Reuters) – A Bahrain court released the founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, on Sunday and adjourned his trial over remarks critical of the state until Jan. 20, according to Rajab’s Twitter account.
Scotland to become independent ‘within 20 years’, says defeated nationalist leader
LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland will break away from the United Kingdom within 20 years, the defeated leader of the Scots nationalists predicted on Sunday, after a poll showed a majority of voters would back independence if another referendum were held tod…
Germany warns ‘no going back’ if Britain curbs EU immigration: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned Britain’s David Cameron that putting limits on immigration from other European Union nations would be a “point of no return” that could sharply increase the risk of Britain leaving the EU, a…
U.S. asks U.N. to blacklist ex-Yemen president, rebel leaders
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has asked for targeted U.N. sanctions to be imposed on Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and two Houthi rebel leaders for threatening the peace and stability of Yemen and obstructing the political …
