About 100,000 evacuated as cyclone Hudhud bears down on India coast
PUDIMADAKA India (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people were evacuated on India’s eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud bore down, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast on Sunday morning.
Donors delay some aid to Tanzania over graft claims
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A group of 12 international donors have delayed budget support for Tanzania until findings of an investigation into charges of corruption in the energy sector are released and appropriate action taken, a leading donor said.
North Korean state media warn talks with the South in danger
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s state media said on Saturday that expected talks with the South to try to improve ties between the rivals were in danger of being canceled because authorities in Seoul allowed a group to send leaflets hostile to Pyongyan…
India, Pakistan in new gunfire in Kashmir
JAMMU India (Reuters) – India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire across the Kashmir frontier on Saturday, Indian military officials said, ending a pause in fighting that has already killed 17 civilians in the two countries in the worst skirmishes in a deca…
Explosion kills two soldiers in Yemen’s Hadramawt region
ADEN (Reuters) – An explosion near a military checkpoint in Yemen’s southeastern Hadramawt region killed two soldiers and injured four others, a local official said, adding to a wave of attacks hitting the country at a moment of political turmoil.
London mayor says UK spies monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s security services are monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects in London and are involved in operations on a daily basis, the capital’s mayor Boris Johnson said in an interview published on Saturday.
New Belgian government takes office with cost-cutting agenda
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s new center-right government took office on Saturday, promising to raise the retirement age and slash costs by about 8 billion euros ($10 billion) to balance the national budget by 2018 and cut the country’s debt.
China sentences two cult members to death for McDonald’s murder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday sentenced two members of a banned religious cult – a father and daughter – to death for the murder in a McDonald’s restaurant of a woman who refused an apparent attempt by the group to recruit her, state media said…
Could an Allende lead Chile again? Ex-president’s daughter in prime position
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Isabel Allende, the daughter of deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende, is “heading towards” running for leadership of the country’s socialist party, she said, a role that would put her in prime position for an eventual shot at…
Suicide bomber attacks Afghan provincial police HQ, killing one
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attacker wearing a police uniform attacked a provincial police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one officer and wounding four other people, an official said.
