Cuba’s Fidel Castro in good health, vice-president says
HAVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in good health and working hard though he is “dismayed” over the recent death of his close friend, Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cuba’s government said on Friday.
Over 100 dead, thousands left homeless by Afghan floods
KABUL (Reuters) – More than 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in north and west Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, prompting desperate pleas for help from the impoverished provincial authorities.
New fighting breaks out in Central African Republic, four killed
BANGUI (Reuters) – Heavy weapons fire broke out overnight in Muslim suburbs of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, and health workers reported at least four dead in the new outbreak of violence.
Colombia president to challenge Bogota mayor’s return
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government will challenge a judicial decision restoring the mayor of Bogota to his post weeks after he was ousted, the president said on Friday in the latest twist to a saga that has left the city without stable leadership…
North Korea detains a 24-year-old American tourist: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it had detained a 24-year-old American tourist earlier in April for what it said was “a gross violation of its legal order.”
Malaysian Airlines staff detained by angry relatives in China: airline
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Angry relatives of people missing on Malaysian Airline flight MH370 held some members of the carrier’s staff for more than 10 hours in a hotel in Beijing, the airline said on Friday.
Three killed after Kashmir election attack: police
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Three men were killed in a shootout with Indian security forces in Kashmir on Friday, the day after a local election official died in an attack in the restive northern region, where Muslims are in a majority.
Woman killed in clash between Egypt’s Brotherhood, security forces: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A supporter of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood was killed on Friday in clashes with the security forces in Fayoum province, south of Cairo, medical sources said.
Landslide blocks Nepali tunnel, 16 trapped
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Sixteen workers including a Chinese national have been trapped by a landslide inside the tunnel of a hydroelectric power project in Nepal, a project official said on Friday.
Turkish judge defies Erdogan with attack on ‘dire’ allegations
ANKARA (Reuters) – In a defiant challenge to Turkey’s prime minister, the head of the Constitutional Court complained on Friday of political criticism which he said had traumatized and divided the judiciary.
