Most Pakistani villagers abducted from ‘hashish festival’ freed
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen on Sunday freed most of the Pakistani villagers they had kidnapped from a hashish festival in the remote mountainous northwest, a government official said.
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…
Berlusconi loses his longtime spokesman before European vote
ROME (Reuters) – The spokesman who shadowed former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for almost two decades quit the center-right leader’s party on Sunday, a statement said, the latest blow to the media magnate ahead of a crucial European Parlia…
Libya’s interim PM hands resignation to parliament
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni handed his resignation to parliament on Sunday after less than two weeks in the post, saying gunmen had tried to attack his family.
Eleven dead in Valparaiso blaze, 500 houses destroyed
VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed and 500 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that ripped through parts of Chilean port city Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and used aircraft to battle the blaze.
Saudi Arabia says seizes drugs worth $267 million, arrests six
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth 1 billion riyals ($267 million) that were being smuggled into the country from neighboring Bahrain, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Egypt arrests alleged ‘terrorist’ who fought in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has arrested a veteran of the Syrian civil war on suspicion of planning terrorist acts inside Egypt, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Cuba looks to cooperatives to slow rise of capitalism
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s slow, cautious reforms to revive its state-run economy suddenly burst into life at businesses like Karabali, a Havana nightclub owned by a 21-member cooperative.
Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off Solomons, sparks tsunami warning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning in the area, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Reviving investment is key, says man tipped to be India’s finance minister
BOHARU, India (Reuters) – Massaging his swollen feet after campaigning in the villages of Punjab, the man tipped to be India’s next finance minister says he wants the government that takes office next month to approve five big-ticket investments quickl…
