U.S., allies stage 22 air strikes in Iraq: U.S. Central Command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 22 air strikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said.
Al Qaeda militants push back Shi’ite rebels’ advance on central Yemen stronghold
SANAA (Reuters) – Sunni al Qaeda militants killed dozens of Yemeni Shi’ite rebels on Saturday in the city of Radda in central Yemen as they pushed back the rebels’ advance on the al Qaeda stronghold, tribal sources said.
China’s top graft-buster says fight will never end
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fight against deeply ingrained corruption will never end, the top official in charge of tackling graft said before a meeting intended to clean up business in the world’s second-largest economy.
UK’s Labour suffers setback as leader in Scotland quits
LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Britain’s opposition Labour party in Scotland has unexpectedly quit, further unsettling the party in one of its heartlands and posing a new problem for leader Ed Miliband ahead of national elections in May next year.
India picks Israel’s Spike anti-tank missile over U.S. Javelin: source
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has opted to buy Israel’s Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defense ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival U.S. offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had lobbied hard to win.
Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
DUBAI (Reuters) – A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.
South Korea group launches anti-North leaflets amid threats from Pyongyang
PAJU South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean activists launched balloons on Saturday to send leaflets to North Korea with messages critical of its leader, ignoring threats of military action from Pyongyang and a plea by Seoul not to jeopardize efforts to …
Greece’s anti-bailout party leads conservatives in latest poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s radical leftist Syriza party would beat Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s conservatives if an election were held now but its lead has slipped from last month, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.
Modi takes tea, but no questions, in first press event as PM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took tea, but no questions, on Saturday at his first staged meeting with the Indian press since coming to power five months ago, underscoring the delicate relationship he has with the fourth est…
Coal mine accident in far west China kills 16: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Sixteen workers were killed after a coal mine collapsed in China’s far western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, highlighting the poor safety standards in the world’s biggest coal producing c…
