Western Iran hit by quake of magnitude 5.2
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A shallow earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck northwest of the western Iranian city of Dezful on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, some 300 miles (480 km) from Tehran, the capital.
Egypt calls for Gaza ceasefire as fighting rages
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt called on Israel and the Palestinians on Saturday to halt hostilities and resume peace talks, but both sides kept up attacks, including an Israeli air strike which destroyed a residential tower block in the center of Gaza C…
Bombs kill at least 35 across Iraq a day after mosque shooting
BAGHDAD/ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) – Bombings across Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque that has deepened sectarian conflict.
Niger minister arrested in ‘baby-trafficking’ investigation
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s agriculture minister has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a baby-trafficking network, a spokesman for his political party and legal sources said on Saturday.
Forces from Libyan city of Misrata say they seized Tripoli airport
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Forces from the Libyan city of Misrata on Saturday seized Tripoli’s main airport after more than a month of fighting with a rival group, a Misrata spokesman said.
Merkel says tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal
KIEV (Reuters) – – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was tightened over the Ukraine-Russia border across which, the West alleges, Russia has been funnelling arms to help a sep…
Germany has spied on Turkey since 1976: Focus magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey for nearly four decades, Focus magazine said on Saturday in a report which could raise tensions further between the NATO allies.
China rejects U.S. criticism over jet encounter
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday called US criticism of an approach by one of its jets to a US Navy patrol plane off the Chinese coast earlier this week “completely groundless” and said its pilot had maintained a safe distance from the US aircraft.
India reviews state hospitals to end widespread corruption
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Saturday ordered a review of activities at all state-owned hospitals to end what the health minister called systemic corruption, as part of the new administration’s crackdown on malpractice in the healthca…
Yemen government offers to resign to end Houthi protests: source
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s government offered on Saturday to resign within a month and to review an unpopular decision to cut fuel subsidies, in an attempt to end protests by the Shi’ite Houthi movement, a government source told Reuters.
