Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI/KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said.
Greek PM Samaras vows tax cuts as leftists hold poll lead
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged on Saturday to cut taxes and gradually end austerity as he seeks to woo voters and overturn a poll lead by the leftist opposition party Syriza ahead of a snap election.
Indonesian search team raises tail of crashed AirAsia plane
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian search and rescue teams raised on Saturday the tail of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed nearly two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board, but have yet to locate the black box flight reco…
Sri Lanka army defied order to keep Rajapaksa in power: Sirisena aide
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army defied orders from aides of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to keep him in power “by force” when it became clear he had lost his bid for a third term, the campaign spokesman of the newly elected leader said on Sa…
Iran vows to help Venezuela to stem oil price fall
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Venezuela’s president on Saturday he backed coordinated action between Tehran and Caracas to reverse a rapid fall in global oil prices which he described as a “political ploy hatched b…
North Korea offers to suspend nuclear tests if U.S. suspends military drills
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea, but Washington rejected the proposal as a veiled threat.
Two bombs deactivated in Istanbul shopping centers: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Homemade explosive devices were found in two shopping malls in Istanbul on Saturday, Hurriyet Daily News reported, citing police, days after a suicide bombing in the historical district of Sultanahmet.
Kerry meets sultan of Oman in Germany
MUNICH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Sultan Qaboos of Oman on Saturday in Germany, where the Arab leader has been receiving medical treatment since July, a U.S. official said.
Around 35,000 Germans rally in Dresden against racism and xenophobia
DRESDEN (Reuters) – A rally against racism and xenophobia on Saturday drew tens of thousands of people in the eastern German city of Dresden, which has become the center of anti-immigration protests organized by a new grassroots movement called PEGIDA….
Avalanche kills one, traps four in northeastern Turkey: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – One worker was killed and four were trapped by an avalanche in Turkey’s northeastern Trabzon region on Saturday following a week of vicious snow storms across the region, the disaster management agency (AFAD) said,
