Air strikes kill five al-Qaeda suspects in southern Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Five suspected al Qaeda fighters have been killed by two air strikes in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the country’s interior ministry said on Friday.
India’s Congress party goes into election warm-up on the backfoot
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Trailing in opinion polls and stunned by the rise of opposition leader Narendra Modi, India’s ruling Congress party is limping into a clutch of state elections, underlining the struggle it may face to retain power when the nation …
Maldives’ democratic process breaks down again amid bickering
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives’ top court delayed holding the second round of the country’s presidential poll yet again on Sunday, prolonging a political crisis that has sparked international criticism over the Indian Ocean state’s repeated failure to h…
Saudi police clash with foreign workers after visa raids
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian police clashed with foreign workers in a poor district of Riyadh on Saturday, nearly a week into a visa crackdown in which thousands have been detained and one man killed by police.
Maduro government ‘occupies’ Venezuela electronics chain
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government “occupied” a chain of electronics stores on Saturday in a high-profile crackdown on what it views as price-gouging hobbling the country’s economy.
Maduro government ‘occupies’ Venezuela electronics chain
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government “occupied” a chain of electronics stores on Saturday in a high-profile crackdown on what it views as price-gouging hobbling the country’s economy.
Saudi police clash with foreign workers after visa raids
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian police clashed with foreign workers in a poor district of Riyadh on Saturday, nearly a week into a visa crackdown in which thousands have been detained and one man killed by police.
Tokyo area hit by magnitude 5.5 earthquake
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan, including the capital Tokyo, on Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no irregularities at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Iran nuclear deal unlikely as split emerges in Western camp: diplomats
GENEVA (Reuters) – Barring a last-minute breakthrough, talks between Iran and six world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were set to end without a full agreement on Saturday as a split emerged between France and the other Western powers, di…
Two policemen killed in Libya’s Benghazi after army vows to restore order
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Gunmen killed two policemen in Benghazi in eastern Libya on Saturday, a security source said, a day after the army had vowed to restore order in the port city hit by bombings and assassinations.
