Air strike kills 10 al Qaeda militants, three civilians in Yemen: Saba
SANAA (Reuters) – An air strike killed 10 al Qaeda militants in central Yemen on Saturday after an intelligence report said they were planning attacks on civil and military targets in al-Bayda province, the state news agency Saba said.
Eighty percent of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has shipped out or destroyed approximately 80 percent of its declared chemical weapons material, the head of the international team overseeing the disarmament process said on Saturday.
Italy gives wife, daughter of wanted Kazakh banker refugee status
ROME (Reuters) – The wife and daughter of a Kazakh tycoon who is wanted in three countries for alleged fraud have been granted refugee status in Italy, their lawyer said on Friday.
New militant group claims responsibility for Friday blast in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian militant group Ajnad Misr claimed responsibility on Saturday for a blast that killed one police officer in Cairo.
Strong 7.5 magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea on Saturday and a tsunami warning was briefly issued for the Pacific Island nation and neighboring Solomon Islands, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Iran says plane at airport leased to Ghana after U.S.-flagged plane sighting
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran says that a plane which landed in Tehran airport flying the American flag was leased to Ghana’s presidential office and carrying a business delegation from the West African nation.
In Damascus, Christians briefly ignore war for Easter
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – The sound of battles echoes from the outskirts of the capital as Christians in Damascus celebrated the Easter weekend, briefly ignoring the conflict for the yearly ritual.
Death toll climbs to at least 13 in worst tragedy on Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers recovered the body of one mountain guide on Saturday after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world’s highest mountain.
Two killed in Bahrain car explosion: Interior Ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – An explosion in a car killed two people and wounded a third in a mostly Shi’ite village in Bahrain on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said.
Japan expands army footprint for first time in 40 years, risks angering China
YONAGUNI, Japan (Reuters) – Japan began its first military expansion at the western end of its island chain in more than 40 years on Saturday, breaking ground on a radar station on a tropical island off Taiwan.
