Fed-up Bulgarian voters may fail to end political deadlock
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian voters fed up with political deadlock may end up with another shaky coalition after a snap election on Sunday, leaving the European Union’s poorest member struggling to resolve a banking crisis and revive growth.
Islamic State video shows second British hostage beheaded
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering swift condemnation by the British and U.S. governments.
Pope accepts resignation of British bishop after report of affair
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a leading British Roman Catholic Bishop who acknowledged that he had broken his vows and who was believed to have had an affair with a married woman, the Vatican said on Saturday.
Chinese premier to attend Europe summit, sign Russia rail deal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend a summit of European and Asian leaders on a trip starting next week that will also include a visit to Germany and the signing of energy and high-speed rail deals with Russia, the government sai…
Iran won’t replace Russia as top gas supplier: Tass quotes Rouhani
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iran is not ready to replace Russia as a key gas supplier if sanctions against Tehran are removed, Itar-Tass news agency quoted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as telling Russian TV channel Rossiya 1.
Malaysia discovers 155 Uighurs crammed into 2 apartments
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities have detained 155 Uighurs, more than half of them children, who were found crammed into two apartments in the capital Kuala Lumpur, immigration officials said.
Syria’s Assad pictured at Eid prayers in Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance at a mosque in Damascus at the start of a Muslim holiday, a photo posted on the presidency’s official Twitter feed on Saturday showed.
North Korea may have shut down reactor: U.S. think-tank
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea may have shut down a recently restarted reactor which can yield plutonium for bombs, possibly for renovation or partial refueling, a U.S. security institute said, citing new satellite imagery.
Thai king readmitted to hospital: palace statement
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, was readmitted to a Bangkok hospital late on Friday after leaving it last month, the palace said in an announcement on Saturday.
Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town
SURUC Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The main Kurdish armed group in Syria called on its kinsmen across the region to help it stop a massacre in the Syrian town of Kobani as Islamic State militants armed with tanks edged closer on its outskirts and pummeled…
