Zimbabwe’s Mugabe turns 91, slowly sheds pariah image
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 91-years-old on Saturday showing no sign of giving up power as the West slowly eases pressure on a man who has been an international pariah for the last decade.
Egypt court acquits ex-oil minister of corruption charges
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court acquitted former oil minister Sameh Fahmy of charges of selling cheap gas to Israel and squandering public funds and threw out his 15-year jail sentence, a judicial source said on Saturday.
A year after fleeing Ukraine, Yanukovich speaks of return
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled to Russia a year ago after being toppled by months of street protests, said he was ready to return to Ukraine if the opportunity arose.
China protests at Indian PM’s visit to disputed border region
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has lodged an official protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to a border region claimed by both countries.
Singapore’s first prime minister hospitalized with pneumonia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s first prime minister and the man widely credited with the city state’s economic success, Lee Kuan Yew, is in hospital with severe pneumonia.
Ten workers killed in Abu Dhabi building fire: newspaper
RIYADH (Reuters) – A tire shop fire in Abu Dhabi late on Friday killed 10 foreign workers and injured eight others who were living in an upstairs apartment, the local Gulf News reported on Saturday.
Hundreds evacuated after fire at Dubai skyscraper
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people in Dubai were evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings on Saturday when fire swept through The Torch, a 79-story skyscraper, residents said.
Death toll from attack on Somali hotel rises to 25
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The death toll in Friday’s bombing of a hotel in the Somali capital has risen to 25, including two lawmakers and workers from the prime minister’s office, the government said on Saturday.
Yemen ex-president released from house arrest
SANAA (Reuters) – Former Yemen president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi left his home on Saturday for the first time since the Houthi militia stormed it in late January and put him under house arrest, prompting his resignation, witnesses said.
Australia prepares for floods in aftermath of major cyclones
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (Reuters) – Australia braced on Saturday for heavy rains and floods after weather authorities downgraded two cyclones that lashed its north and northeast, damaging homes and snapping power links, but there were no reports of casu…
