Senegal police fire teargas on supporters of ex-president’s son
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese police used teargas to disperse hundreds of supporters of Karim Wade, the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, as his corruption trial entered its second day on Monday.
China quake death toll climbs to 398 as rescuers seek survivors
BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday.
‘We come in sadness, we go in sadness’: Gaza family briefly returns home
GAZA (Reuters) – Glass and debris littered the road to Ahed Marouf’s house in a northern Gaza town on Monday as he rode on a donkey cart with his wife and three children to check on their home during a seven-hour truce declared by Israel.
New leftist party becomes third force in Spain: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – A new leftist party has become Spain’s third most popular political force, a poll showed on Monday, tapping into discontent with the two mainstream parties after corruption scandals and austerity measures in an economic slump.
Bangladesh ferry capsizes, 100 unaccounted for
DHAKA (Reuters) – A ferry with about 200 passengers on board capsized in Bangladesh on Monday in a river southwest of the capital, Dhaka, and about 100 people were unaccounted for, the chief of the district administration said.
Suspected al Qaeda militants kill nine Yemeni soldiers: local officials
ADEN (Reuters) – Militants have killed at least nine soldiers in attacks in south and eastern Yemen over the past three days, local officials said on Monday, just as the government sent more troops to the east to confront a growing al Qaeda threat.
China says can build what it wants on South China Sea isles
BEIJING (Reuters) – China can build whatever it wants on its islands in the South China Sea, a senior Chinese official said on Monday, rejecting proposals ahead of a key regional meeting to freeze any activity that may raise tensions in disputed waters…
Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in east Ukraine, five soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Five government soldiers were killed and 15 wounded over the last 24 hours in fighting in eastern Ukraine where Kiev forces recaptured an important railway hub from pro-Russian rebels, a security official in Kiev said on Monday.
Indonesian president-elect unveils high-powered transition team
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president-elect Joko Widodo on Monday announced a high-powered advisory team to handle his transition to power as he prepares to take over the top job in the world’s third-largest democracy later this year.
Bomb kills religious leader and guards in northwest Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb killed a Pakistani religious leader and two of his guards as they traveled to a celebration at a northwestern shrine on Monday, police said, as officers prepared for a militant backlash over a continuing mil…
