Islamist rebels capture Syria’s largest oilfield: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria’s largest oilfield on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad’s access to almost all local crude reserves, activists said.
Nigeria to hold extra governorship vote after hitches
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria set November 30 for the rerun of parts of a state governorship election that were annulled because of suspicious actions by a polling official, in a test of the national electoral commission some 18 months before pr…
Lebanon identifies second Iran embassy bomber: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities have identified the second suicide bomber who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut this week as a Palestinian man with ties to a fugitive Lebanese Islamist cleric, a security source said on Saturday.
Air strikes kill at least 40 in northern Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least 40 people on Saturday, most of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Angolan police fire teargas to disperse protest
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan police fired tear gas and warning shots on Saturday to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters demonstrating in the capital against the disappearance and possible murder of two anti-government activists.
Qingdao oil flow halted as explosion toll hits 47
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Crude pipelines have been shut-off in the eastern Chinese oil hub of Qingdao pending safety checks a day after a leak triggered a huge explosion that killed 47 people, a refinery official and state media said on Saturday.
Karzai to advise delaying U.S.-Afghan pact in closing speech: spokesman
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai will call for a security pact with the United States to be delayed until after an April election when he gives a closing speech to a grand assembly that will decide on the deal, his spokesman said on Satu…
Pakistan militants kidnap 11 teachers in polio vaccination campaign
KABUL (Reuters) – Militants kidnapped 11 Pakistani teachers involved in a polio vaccination campaign for school children on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks on health workers trying to eradicate the deadly disease.
Family of U.S. man detained in North Korea appeals for his release
(Reuters) – The California family of a Korean War veteran held in North Korean custody since last month appealed to the Pyongyang government on Friday for his safe return, calling his detention during a sightseeing trip a “dreadful misunderstanding.”
U.S. concerned about Nicaragua plan to end presidential term limits
MANAGUA (Reuters) – The United States on Friday criticized a proposal by Nicaragua’s ruling party to remove presidential term limits, which could allow Washington’s former Cold War adversary Daniel Ortega to stay in power indefinitely.
