Afghans brace for another round of voting; bargaining begins
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s presidential election is set to go to a second round between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani after no candidate won an absolute majority, preliminary results showed on S…
Palestinian unity government will recognize Israel: Abbas
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled on Saturday that he remains committed to troubled U.S.-backed peace talks, saying that any unity government agreed with the militant group Hamas would recognize Israel.
Berlusconi says Germans deny concentration camps existed
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, about to begin a sentence for tax fraud, provoked fresh outrage from his political opponents on Saturday by suggesting that Germany did not acknowledge the existence of World War Two con…
France denies it paid ransom for Syria reporters
PARIS, France (Reuters) – A French government spokesman denied on Sunday a report that it paid a ransom for the release a week ago of four French journalists held captive in Syria for more than 10 months.
Afghan election set for Abdullah-Ghani run-off
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghanistan election is set to go to a second round run-off between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani after none of the candidates won an absolute majority, preliminary results show…
Afghan election set for Abdullah-Ghani run-off
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghanistan election is set to go to a second round run-off between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani after none of the candidates won an absolute majority, preliminary results show…
China’s president warns against growing threats to national security
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China faces increasing threats to national security and warned of the dangers of terrorism in a speech indicating that Beijing could impose tougher controls on its ethnic minorities…
Al Qaeda chief urges Westerner kidnappings
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, particularly Americans, who could then be exchanged for jailed jihadists including a blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 of conspiring to attack the Unit…
Australian mistook cockpit for toilet, triggering hijack scare
JAKARTA/PERTH (Reuters) – An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet, triggering Friday’s hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, police said.
China aims to build over 7 million public homes this year
BEIJING (Reuters) – China aims to start building more than 7 million units of public housing this year, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said on Saturday, signaling the latest government move to counter high property prices.
