China sentences two cult members to death for McDonald’s murder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday sentenced two members of a banned religious cult – a father and daughter – to death for the murder in a McDonald’s restaurant of a woman who refused an apparent attempt by the group to recruit her, state media said…
Could an Allende lead Chile again? Ex-president’s daughter in prime position
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Isabel Allende, the daughter of deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende, is “heading towards” running for leadership of the country’s socialist party, she said, a role that would put her in prime position for an eventual shot at…
Suicide bomber attacks Afghan provincial police HQ, killing one
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attacker wearing a police uniform attacked a provincial police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one officer and wounding four other people, an official said.
Quake strikes 110 miles off east coast of Japan: USGS
TOKY0 (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.2 struck off the east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Saturday.
Gaza aid conference may fall short of $4 billion sought by Palestinians: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials voiced doubts on Friday that an international donors conference to be held in Cairo this weekend will meet the Palestinians’ full request for $4 billion in aid pledges to rebuild the Gaza Strip after it was …
North Korea leader Kim is still in charge, has leg injury: source
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military drill, a source with access to the secretive North’s leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-ol…
At least nine dead, 30 missing in Guinea boat accident
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least nine people are dead and another 30 are missing following a boat accident on a river in Guinea, local residents and police said.
Greek PM wins confidence vote, snap election fears remain
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras comfortably won a confidence vote aimed at rallying support for his plan to abandon a widely-reviled EU/IMF aid package and ending speculation that his government is on its last legs.
Exclusive: Illegal Somali charcoal exports fuel Islamist rebels, warlords
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Illegal exports of Somali charcoal earned al Shabaab militants tens of millions of dollars in the past year and also financed violations of an arms embargo by clan-based militia that could fuel warlord tensions, U.N. investig…
U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani
GENEVA/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tan…
