Freed Lebanese, Turkish hostages fly home after deal
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two kidnapped Turkish pilots arrived in Istanbul after leaving Lebanon on Saturday and nine Lebanese hostages freed from Syria landed in Beirut, completing a hostage exchange after months of uncertainty.
Maldives police halt presidential vote, supporters stage sit-in
MALE (Reuters) – Maldives police forced a halt to a presidential election on Saturday, in what the leading candidate’s supporters said was a new coup as he called on them to block the streets in protest.
Arab states urge Saudi to keep U.N. Security Council seat
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Arab Group at the United Nations urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to reconsider its decision to renounce a rotating seat on the Security Council to protest the 15-nation body’s failure to end the war in Syria and act on oth…
Gunman in clown suit kills senior Mexican drug cartel member
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A gunman in a clown costume shot and killed the oldest brother of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug trafficking families in the resort of Los Cabos, authorities said on Saturday.
Vietnamese man charged with selling stolen bank details online
(Reuters) – A Vietnamese man was charged in a scheme to sell the banking details of hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents over the Internet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Sudan’s Bashir to visit South Sudan on Tuesday
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will make a rare visit to South Sudan on Tuesday to meet his counterpart Salva Kiir, state news agency SUNA said on Saturday about the trip that is expected to focus on their disputed border…
Car bomb near Egypt army intelligence building wounds six
ISMAILIA (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded on Saturday near an Egyptian army intelligence building in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding at least six soldiers, security sources said.
Quake hits off western Mexico coast, no initial reports of damage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck in the Sea of Cortez on Saturday between the western Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California Sur, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Car bomb, clashes kill over 30 near Syrian capital
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels blew up an army checkpoint outside Damascus on Saturday and more than 30 combatants from both sides died in the blast and ensuing clashes, a monitoring group said.
Italian anti-austerity protesters clash with police
ROME (Reuters) – Demonstrators clashed with Italian police on Saturday as tens of thousands marched through Rome to protest against unemployment, government cuts and big construction projects they say take money away from social services.
