Maldives election result may prolong unrest
MALE (Reuters) – Former leader Mohamed Nasheed edged ahead in the first round of the Maldives presidential race on Saturday, but his lack of a clear majority will mean a run-off with his nearest rival as early as Sunday.
Typhoon kills at least 1,200 in Philippines: Red Cross
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall devastated the central Philippines, killing more than 1,000 people in one city alone and 200 in another province, the Red Cross estimated on Saturday, as reports of h…
Gunman kills eight in bar in Cali, Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire in a bar on Friday night in the Colombian city of Cali, killing eight people and wounding five in what police said appeared to have been a settling of scores between rival criminal gangs.
British lawmakers to quiz Snowden leaks newspaper editor
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers will question the editor of the Guardian newspaper next month over publishing intelligence files from U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden after warnings from security chiefs that the leaks damaged UK national …
Exclusive: German parties reach deal on banking union – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have struck a deal on the contours of a European banking union under which a body attached to European finance ministers, not the European Commission, would decide when to …
Nigerian army clashes with Boko Haram in Kano, seven killed
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Five members of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram and two soldiers were killed in gun battles in Kano on Saturday, the army said, the first violence in months linked to insurgents in the largest northern city.
Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airport
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist rebels retook most of a military base in northern Syria from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday after two days of fighting in which at least 60 people have been killed, a monitoring group said.
Germany’s SPD demands tax on rich despite Merkel veto
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats hope to reach a deal to raise taxes on the rich even though Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are opposed, an SPD leader said on Saturday.
Miami Herald reporter detained in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities were holding an American journalist from the Miami Herald for a third day on Saturday after he was picked up near the border with Colombia reporting on economic shortages and an upcoming local election, his co…
China opens key meeting to set economic reform agenda
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese leaders began a four-day secret meeting on Saturday to set a reform agenda for the next decade as they try to push more sustainable growth after three decades of breakneck expansion.
