Guinea’s legislative election postponed to September 28: mediator
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s long-delayed legislative election scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed by four days to September 28 following talks between the opposition and government on Saturday in Conakry, a U.N. mediator said.
Islamists claim gun attack on Nairobi mall, at least 39 dead
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Saturday, killing at least 39 people including close relatives of Kenya’s president and children, in an attack claimed by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab.
Turkey will probably never join the EU: Ankara negotiator
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will probably never join the European Union because of prejudicial attitudes by the bloc’s existing members, Ankara’s chief EU negotiator said, in what appeared to be the first high-level acknowledgment that its decades-long…
Australia’s tough-talking PM to tread diplomatic path in Indonesia
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Tony Abbott relishes a fight, but Australia’s new conservative prime minister needs to find a reserve of diplomacy before his first overseas trip to Indonesia, with time fast running out on his “stand or fall” election pledge to st…
Kenyan president says he lost close relatives in mall shooting
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said he himself had lost close relatives in Saturday’s mass shooting in a Nairobi shopping mall.
Kenyan president says 39 dead in mall attack, will beat terrorists
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that at least 39 people had been killed by “terrorists” in a gun attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, and pledged that Kenya would hunt down those responsible.
Mexico storm death toll rises as crashed helicopter found
LA PINTADA (Reuters) – Federal police found the remains of a crashed Black Hawk rescue helicopter with at least three dead crew aboard in southern Guerrero state on Saturday, raising the death toll to over 100 following some of the worst storms to hit …
EU tells Israel to explain seizure of Palestinian aid
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Senior European Union officials told Israel to explain why its soldiers seized a truckload of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians, saying they deplored the confiscation.
Greek teachers, civil servants to strike against layoffs
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek teachers and civil servants will stay off work next week, continuing a strike to protest against public sector layoffs and forced job transfers demanded by the country’s international lenders, their unions said on Saturday.
Somali militants say no negotiations with Nairobi mall gunmen
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked rebels said there would be no negotiations with the gunmen who killed at least 30 people in a Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday and were now involved in a standoff with Kenyan security forces.
