Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an …
Syrian opposition chooses Saudi-backed leader
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s fractious opposition elected a new leader on Saturday but rebel groups were reported to be fighting among themselves in a sign of growing divisions on the ground between factions trying to topple President Bashar al-…
Brazil’s Rousseff denies plans for post-protest Cabinet shakeup
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff firmly denied on Saturday any plans to shake up her Cabinet, following the country’s largest protests in 20 years.
Italy’s most wanted drug trafficker caught in Colombia
ROME (Reuters) – A suspected Italian mafia boss described as Europe’s most wanted drug trafficker and the world’s biggest cocaine importer was arrested in Colombia on Saturday and deported to Italy.
Leading Sunni cleric says in fatwa Egyptians should back Mursi
RIYADH (Reuters) – A leading Qatar-based cleric declared in a religious edict, or fatwa, on Saturday that Egyptians should support ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military should withdraw from the political scene.
Italian ministers asked to post salaries, assets online
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s office said on Saturday it had asked all the ministers in his cabinet as well as junior government officials to declare their salaries and assets online in an effort to boost transparency.
North, South Korea officials hold talks on joint industrial zone
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korean officials held talks on Saturday seeking a way to reopen a jointly run industrial zone, a rare source of steady cash for the impoverished North, a month after their last attempt at dialogue collapsed in acrimony…
Mohamed ElBaradei to be named Egypt’s interim PM: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief, will be named Egypt’s interim prime minister later on Saturday, a presidential source told Reuters.
Gunmen kill 28 in attack on northeast Nigeria school
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Saturday, a police source said.
Leading Sunni cleric says in fatwa Egyptians should back Mursi
RIYADH (Reuters) – Egyptians should support ousted President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military should withdraw from the political scene, leading Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi said in a religious edict, or fatwa, on Satur…
