Venezuela protest death toll rises to 33
CARACAS (Reuters) – Two Venezuelans died from gunshot wounds during protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, witnesses and local media said on Saturday, pushing the death toll from almost two months of anti-government demonstrations to 33.
Bomb blast in Bahrain’s Sitra village injures policeman: official
MANAMA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Saturday in the Bahraini village of Sitra, east of Manama, causing minor injuries to a policeman, a source from Bahrain’s interior ministry said.
Guinea confirms fever is Ebola, has killed up to 59
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea has received confirmation that a mysterious disease that has killed up to 59 people in the West African country, and may have spread to neighboring Sierra Leone, is the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, the government said on Saturday…
Dutch right-wingers leave party over anti-Moroccan chant
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has been hit by a further prominent resignation from his party after leading an anti-Moroccan chant, deepening the crisis for his Party for Freedom (PVV), which had been leading in opinion p…
Shots fired as Russian troops force their way into Ukrainian base in Crimea
BELBEK AIRBASE, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian troops forced their way into a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea with armored vehicles, automatic fire and stun grenades on Saturday, injuring a Ukrainian serviceman and detaining the base’s commander for talks.
Iraqi journalist killed by Kurdish officer at Baghdad checkpoint
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator.
U.S. forces hand over seized oil tanker to Libya
ZAWIYA PORT, Libya (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy handed over to Libyan authorities on Saturday an oil tanker carrying crude that had been loaded at a port controlled by armed rebels in defiance of Tripoli’s government.
Bomb blast in Bahrain’s Sitra village injures policeman: official
MANAMA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Saturday in the Bahraini village of Sitra, east of Manama, causing minor injuries to a policeman, a source from Bahrain’s interior ministry said.
Three killed as Shi’ite Houthi fighters clash with Yemeni army
SANAA (Reuters) – Two Shi’ite Muslim Houthi tribal fighters and a soldier were killed in Yemen on Saturday in renewed clashes in the northern province of Amran, local officials told Reuters.
Tunisian diplomat kidnapped in Libyan capital: minister
TUNIS (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli, Tunisia’s foreign minister said on Saturday, one of a string of diplomatic abductions in the Libyan capital this year.
