Opposition candidate closes in on Brazil’s Rousseff ahead of vote
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s main opposition party launched the candidacy of its leader Aecio Neves on Saturday to challenge President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid in October on a platform of fiscal austerity and pro-market policies.
French PM warns disgruntled Socialists they could “disappear”
PARIS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned the French left it could “disappear” and populist leader Marine Le Pen get through to a presidential election run-off, calling on his Socialist party to back his government’s business-friendly reform…
Drone strikes kill five suspected militants in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen late on Friday, a local official and a tribal source told Reuters on Saturday.
Nigerian opposition picks southerner as party chief ahead of election
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main opposition elected a veteran politician from the Christian south as its inaugural chairman on Saturday, as it looks to win voters on both sides of a religious divide and unseat President Goodluck Jonathan’s party next y…
U.N. says 50,000 children face death in South Sudan as launches aid plan
JUBA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of children in South Sudan could die this year without assistance from aid agencies, the United Nations said on Saturday, as it appealed for more than $1 billion to help those hit by six months of civil war.
Ten migrants drown after boat sinks off Libya
ROME (Reuters) – Ten migrants drowned after the boat they were traveling in sank off the Libyan coast, Italy’s navy said on Saturday, reporting the latest deaths among thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa and Syria.
Turkey pulls diplomats out of Benghazi, urges nationals to leave
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has temporarily pulled its diplomatic staff out of the Libyan city of Benghazi and urged its nationals to leave the east of the country amid mounting security concerns, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Saturday.
President urges Germany to take more military responsibility
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany should play a more active military role abroad, its President Joachim Gauck said in an interview published on Saturday, urging it to drop its post-war reluctance.
Zanzibar mosque bombing kills one, wounds seven
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A bomb explosion killed one person and wounded at least seven in front of a mosque near Zanzibar’s capital Stone Town, police said on Saturday.
Ten killed in clashes in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Saturday in a clash at a refugee camp over firecrackers exploding during a religious event in Bangladesh, police and witnesses said.
