Ferry sinks in Philippines, at least 21 missing
MANILA (Reuters) – A ferry with at least 84 passengers and crew onboard sank on Saturday off the coast of central Philippines after a mechanical problem, and authorities said they were searching for at least 21 passengers who were still missing.
Anger mounts in Indian Kashmir after worst flood in over century
SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Residents of revolt-torn Indian Kashmir turned their wrath on state administrators for failing to provide them with succor after the worst flooding in over a century, angrily dumping food parcels into gutters.
U.S. banks on strong Iraq coalition, but allies are hesitant
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States says it is “comfortable” it can forge an international coalition to fight Islamic State, but with Western and Middle Eastern allies hesitant, it risks finding itself out on a limb.
Merkel warns SPD to shun coalition with Left in eastern state
APOLDA Germany (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), her junior partners in national government, against forming a coalition to install the first hardline Left party regional premier after Sunday polls in t…
Thirty killed in truck crash in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed when an truck carrying oil and laden with passengers plunged into a ravine in Central African Republic, a local official said on Saturday.
Brazil’s Silva, a lifelong environmentalist, courts big agriculture
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential candidate Marina Silva, an icon of the green movement, is cozying up to old adversaries in the sugar and ethanol industry as she seeks to win over the powerful farm lobby ahead of next month’s election.
China’s Hong Kong chief says remarks to lawmakers were misrepresented in media
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s most senior official in Hong Kong, Zhang Xiaoming, said on Friday that remarks he had made to pro-democracy lawmakers in an August 19 meeting had been misrepresented in media reports.
U.N. threatens to cut Afghanistan aid if election staff harassed
KABUL (Reuters) – The United Nations threatened on Saturday to cut aid to Afghanistan if its staff are harassed, responding to tensions surrounding its participation in a drawn-out and bitter investigation into fraud in the still-unresolved presidentia…
Nigeria church building collapse kills three, more feared dead
LAGOS (Reuters) – At least three people were killed when a Lagos guest house being built by one of Nigeria’s biggest Christian churches collapsed, and the final toll was likely to be higher, rescue officials said on Saturday.
Pope says world’s many conflicts amount to piecemeal World War Three
REDIPUGLIA Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of conflicts around the globe today were effectively a “piecemeal” Third World War, condemning the arms trade and “plotters of terrorism” sowing death and destruction.
