Arabs set to call for U.N. Security Council vote on Palestinian state
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab foreign ministers met on Saturday to agree a draft resolution setting a deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state and to agree on a date to present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote.
France’s Sarkozy hopes to cement comeback as party votes for leader
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of running for a new French presidential term in 2017 faced a crucial first test on Saturday as members of his crisis-ridden conservative UMP party voted for a new leader.
Fifteen dead, 14 hurt in attack in China’s Xinjiang: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China’s restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
Candidate backed by pro-independence party claims victory in Taipei mayor race
TAIPEI (Reuters) – An independent candidate backed by Taiwan’s opposition, pro-independence party on Saturday claimed victory in local elections as the next mayor of Taipei, breaking the ruling party’s 16-year hold on the island’s capital.
Two die in southern Algerian rioting over housing, jobs
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Two demonstrators were killed when clashes broke out late on Friday between riot police and residents demanding better living conditions in southern Algeria, residents and a hospital said.
Greenland’s ruling party to seek coalition after narrow election win
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland’s ruling Siumut Party narrowly won a snap election, results showed on Saturday, but its new leader Kim Kielsen will need to build a coalition to form a government to deal with a shrinking economy and reassure foreign in…
EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern Ukraine this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans.
Bombs, gunfire kill 81 at crowded mosque in Nigeria’s Kano
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano on Friday, killing at least 81 people, witnesses and officials said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Isl…
Australia intercepts Sri Lankan asylum seekers, turns back most
PERTH (Reuters) – Australia has intercepted a boatload of Sri Lankan asylum seekers off the coast of Indonesia, handing back all but one to Sri Lankan authorities, who arrested them for breaching immigration laws.
Syria says U.S.-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign minister said U.S.-led air strikes had failed to weaken Islamic State it in Syria and the jihadist group would not be tackled unless Turkey was forced to tighten border controls.
