Suspected Islamists stage attacks in southern Yemen as Ramadan begins
ADEN Yemen (Reuters) – At least five Yemeni soldiers and four suspected Islamist militants died in two attacks in southern Yemen on Saturday, the state news agency Saba and a local official said, in incidents that coincided with the start of the Muslim…
China fetes India, Myanmar, says Beijing poses no threat
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping feted neighbors India and Myanmar on Saturday, dusting off the 60th anniversary of a now rather obscure agreement signed in the early days of the Cold War to pledge a rising China’s commitment to peace.
U.S. and Sudan negotiating over Christian convert: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities and U.S. officials in Khartoum are negotiating to allow a Sudanese woman, who married an American and was recently spared the death penalty for converting to Christianity, to leave Sudan, sources close to the case…
Pakistan family slits throats of young couple over love marriage
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love, police said Saturday.
Argentine vice president charged with conflict of interest
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Vice President Amado Boudou was charged on Friday with corruption in his dealings with a company that printed the country’s currency while he was economy minister in 2010.
Mexico arrests vigilante leader in state torn by violence
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities detained one of the most well-known leaders of vigilante groups that have been battling drug gangs in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, a federal official said on Friday.
Panama court orders release of jailed North Korean sailors
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A Panamanian court on Friday ordered the release of three North Korean ship officers who were jailed after they were caught smuggling Cuban weapons through the Central American country.
EU signs trade pact with Ukraine, ceasefire extended by 72 hours
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union signed an historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday.
Venezuela blackout leaves commuters scrambling, silences president
CARACAS (Reuters) – A blackout cut power to much of Venezuela on Friday afternoon, snarling traffic in the capital Caracas and other major cities and interrupting a televised speech by the president in the country’s second nationwide electricity outage…
Exclusive: U.N. experts trace recent seized arms to Iran, violating embargo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. expert panel has concluded that a shipment of rockets and other weapons that was seized by Israel came from Iran and represents a violation of the U.N. arms embargo on Tehran, according to a confidential report obtaine…
