Twenty-nine killed by gunmen in east Baghdad: police and hospital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Some 29 people, 20 of them women, were killed on Saturday evening in an apartment building in eastern Baghdad by gunmen wearing a mix of plain clothes and camouflage, a police officer and a hospital official said.
Belfast parade ends without clashes for first time in years
BELFAST (Reuters) – A flashpoint Protestant parade in Northern Ireland’s capital Belfast ended without violence for the first time in decades on Saturday when marchers agreed to turn around before passing a Catholic area.
Syrian rebel commander assassinated in Jordan: police
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel commander has been shot dead in the Jordanian capital in the first such incident on the kingdom’s territory since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011, a police source said on Saturday.
Shi’ite group hands back army camp to Yemeni government
SANAA (Reuters) – Shi’ite Muslim tribesmen handed back an army camp to the Yemeni government on Saturday, a spokesman for the group said, to try to defuse tensions caused by the capture of a provincial capital north of Sanaa this week.
Iran sticks to ‘unworkable, inadequate’ stances in nuclear talks: U.S.
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has stuck to “unworkable and inadequate” positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic program, a U.S. official said on…
Afghanistan’s Ghani and Abdullah arrive for news conference with Kerry
KABUL (Reuters) – Rival Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah arrived at a U.N. compound in Kabul on Saturday for a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Central Africa Republic’s ousted leader back in charge of Seleka
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s mainly Muslim Seleka rebel group has reinstated Michel Djotodia as its leader, a spokesman said, months after international pressure forced him to step aside for failing to halt violence that erupted after …
Costa Concordia wreck refloating given green light
GIGLIO ISLAND Italy (Reuters) – Italian authorities gave the green light to refloating the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship on Saturday, setting the stage for the next step in the largest maritime salvage in history to begin on Monday morning.
Serbian finance minister quits over reform disagreements with PM
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian Finance Minister Lazar Krstic resigned on Saturday, saying more radical reforms to rein in public spending were needed which the prime minister said were too harsh to implement.
One killed, eight injured in Istanbul gas explosion
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – One person was killed and eight were injured, one critically, in a gas explosion at a packaging workshop in Istanbul on Saturday, local media reported.
