Candidate for top EU post stumbles into trade minefield
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s trade commissioner-designate stumbled into a political minefield on Saturday by suggesting she wanted to exclude a controversial investor protection clause from a planned EU-U.S. trade agreement.
Afghan villagers hang Taliban fighters as battle for district rages
GHAZNI Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan villagers hanged four captured Taliban militants from a tree on Saturday as security forces battled the insurgents for a sixth day in a district of Ghazni province, an official said.
Cash-poor Afghanistan will delay paying civil servants: finance ministry official
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan will delay paying salaries to hundreds of thousands of civil servants next month because it does not have enough money, a finance ministry official said on Saturday.
Exclusive: Rohingya could face detention under Myanmar draft plan
YANGON/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar’s national government has drafted a plan that will give around a million members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority a bleak choice: accept ethnic reclassification and the prospect of citizenship, or be …
Japanese volcano kills one, over 30 seriously injured
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese volcano popular with hikers erupted on Saturday, killing one woman and seriously injuring more than 30 people, officials and media said.
Houthi rebels attack Yemen security chief’s home
SANAA (Reuters) – Shi’ite Muslim rebels attacked the home of Yemen’s intelligence chief in Sanaa on Saturday, residents and security sources said, showing the fragility of a power-sharing accord that has failed to halt fighting in the capital.
Catalonian leader orders referendum on independence from Spain
BARCELONA Spain (Reuters) – The president of Spain’s Catalonia region signed a decree on Saturday calling for a referendum on independence to be held on on Nov. 9, putting the local government on a collision course with Madrid, which says such a vote i…
At least 22 killed in Guinea-Bissau after vehicle hits landmine
BISSAU (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed in Guinea-Bissau when a vehicle taking them to a funeral struck a landmine, a police source said on Saturday.
Somali militants stone woman to death
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab militants stoned a woman to death in the southern town of Barawe on Friday after a court they had set up declared her guilty of adultery, the militants and witnesses said.
No breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks, sides agree to keep talking
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements in the most recent round of nuclear talks, including on uranium enrichment, Iranian and Western diplomats close to the negotiations said o…
