Grenade blast injures two in Kenya town near Somali border: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An unknown assailant threw a grenade into a cafe in a town in eastern Kenyan on Wednesday, wounding two people in violence that followed two attacks by Islamists that killed more than 60 people in less than two weeks.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe accuses deputy of plot to oust him
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe accused his deputy Joice Mujuru on Wednesday of seeking to oust him, deriding her as thinking she could unlock funding from Western powers.
Car bomb kills three outside Iran envoy’s residence in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – A car bomb killed three people at the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Yemen on Wednesday, an attack claimed by al Qaeda militants who oppose Iran and the Yemeni Shi’ite rebels who control the capital Sanaa.
Landmine casualties fell by 25 percent over last year to 15-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fewer people were killed or wounded by landmines over the past year than at any time since record-keeping began in 1999, and production of the weapons has almost stopped, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines said in a new …
Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ leaders surrender as pro-democracy protests appear to wither
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Leaders of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement surrendered to police on Wednesday for their role in democracy protests that the government has deemed illegal, the latest sign that the civil disobedience campaign may be running out…
Japan Abe’s coalition may keep 2/3 majority in Dec 14 election: media polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition may keep its two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament, media projections showed, hinting he could claim a new mandate for his “Abenomics” recipe to revive the world’s third-bi…
Sudan’s army reports more clashes with rebels in south as talks on hold
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The Sudanese army said it killed 50 rebels in a battle in Sudan’s South Kordofan province on Tuesday, although a rebel spokesman said he had no knowledge of the fighting which could complicate ceasefire talks due to resume on Frida…
Ukraine energy minister says ‘no threat’ from accident at nuclear plant
KIEV (Reuters) – An accident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine poses no danger to health or the environment, energy authorities said on Wednesday, an assessment later corroborated by the French nuclear institute IRSN.
U.S. couple leaves Qatar after convictions overturned in child death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. couple whose convictions were overturned in the death of their adopted daughter in Qatar left the Gulf Arab state on Wednesday after a travel ban that had kept them in the country was lifted, their supporters and the U.S….
Ukraine tells IAEA reactor safely shut down, no release
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday it had been told by Ukraine that a reactor at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remained safely shut down following a short circuit in the plant’s transformer yard last week.
