Dozens feared dead in fighting for control of Somali port city
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Dozens of people were feared killed in two days of fierce fighting for control of a strategic Somali port city, according to witness and militia accounts on Saturday, despite efforts to prevent the clashes escalating into broader …
Egyptian rail workers jailed over train crash that killed 50
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two Egyptian railway workers were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Saturday over a train crash last year that killed 50 people, mostly children, and inflamed public anger at the country’s shoddy transport network.
South Sudan’s vice president to visit Khartoum on Sunday
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan’s vice president will visit Sudan on Sunday, both sides said on Saturday, marking the highest-level talks between the long-time African foes since Khartoum threatened to stop cross-border oil flows.
No threat in China rivalry for Africa business: Obama
PRETORIA (Reuters) – The United States does not feel threatened by the growth of trade and investment in Africa by China and other emerging powers, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday.
Talks with Palestinians unlikely despite Kerry bid: Israeli minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official on Saturday played down the prospect of shuttle diplomacy by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reviving long-stalled peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
Egyptian police officer shot dead in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – A senior Egyptian police officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen who ambushed his car in the Sinai Peninsula town of El Arish on Saturday, security sources and state media said.
Rousseff’s popularity plummets in wake of Brazil protests
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed on Saturday, the strongest evidence yet that the recent wave of street protests sweeping Brazil poses a serious threat …
Russian pro-, anti-gay activists clash, police detain dozens
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Police detained dozens of people when pro- and anti-gay activists clashed in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Saturday, just two weeks after parliament passed a law banning homosexual “propaganda”.
Shadow of soldier’s death lingers as Britain toasts troops
LONDON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Britons celebrated the work of the military on Saturday in the fifth annual Armed Forces Day, with one of the largest events being held near the site in London where a soldier was murdered in broad daylight.
China’s troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than a hundred people, riding motorbikes and wielding knifes, attacked a police station in China’s ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Saturday, in the latest unrest to hit the region in the past …
