Abdullah leads in first official results from Afghan vote
KABUL (Reuters) – Initial election results put Afghan opposition figure Abdullah Abdullah in the lead on Sunday, but with less than 10 percent of votes counted and widespread allegations of fraud, there was no clear indication of who would succeed Hami…
Macedonia to hold presidential runoff vote April 27
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov will seek his second term in office in a runoff ballot against an opposition contender on April 27 after the first round on Sunday produced no outright winner.
Officials consider underwater robot launch for Malaysia jet
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Australian officials leading the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean are weighing when to deploy an underwater robot to aid in the hunt, now in its sixth fruitless week.
Trial of Gaddafi’s two sons, former officials gets underway
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Saadi Gaddafi and Saif al-Islam, two of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, are expected to appear in court on Monday, facing charges of corruption and war crimes alongside more than 30 other Gaddafi-era officials.
Nigeria Islamists kill 68 in two village attacks: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 60 people in an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria, while a separate attack killed eight people at a teacher training college, witnesses said.
Ukraine gives rebels deadline to disarm or face military operation
KIEV/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine has given pro-Russian separatists a Monday morning deadline to disarm or face a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” by its armed forces, raising the risk of a military confrontation with Moscow.
Macedonia to hold presidential runoff vote April 27
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov will seek his second term in office in a runoff ballot against an opposition contender on April 27 after the first round on Sunday produced no outright winner.
Armenian president names speaker as new prime minister
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan appointed parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan as the ex-Soviet republic’s new prime minister on Sunday, replacing a six-year veteran who resigned after protests against his pension reform.
At least 36 people killed in Mexican bus crash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 36 people were killed and four injured on Sunday when a bus crashed into the back of a truck in eastern Mexico and caught fire, the government of the state of Veracruz said.
Sahara Islamists release video of Algerian diplomat hostage: agency
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Sahara-based Islamists holding three Algerian diplomats hostage have sent a video of one of them to Mauritania’s ANI news agency, ANI said, the first proof of life in over a year.
