Dozens of child migrants sleeping on bare earth at Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME (Reuters) – Dozens of African child migrants are having to sleep on the bare earth outside the reception center on Italy’s Lampedusa following an upsurge in the number of boats reaching the tiny island, agency Save the Children said on Saturday.
Venezuela says it ends efforts for better U.S. ties
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said it was ending efforts to improve ties with Washington after the Obama administration’s nominee for envoy to the United Nations vowed to oppose what she called a crackdown on civil society in the “repressive” OPEC nati…
Fatal Indian school meal contained pesticide, police confirms
PATNA, India (Reuters) – An initial forensic report has confirmed that the free school lunch that killed 23 children this week in India’s eastern state of Bihar was contaminated with a pesticide, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Disgruntled man hurt after detonating explosion in Beijing airport
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in a wheelchair detonated a home-made explosive in Beijing airport on Saturday, injuring himself and sending smoke billowing through the exit area of the international arrivals section of Terminal 3.
India court sentences six to life in prison in rape of Swiss woman
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – An Indian court on Saturday sentenced six men convicted of the gang rape of a Swiss woman to life imprisonment, a lawyer in the case said.
Four election officials seized by gunmen in north Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Five people, including four election officials, were kidnapped by gunmen in northern Mali on Saturday close to the town of Tessalit, army and local government sources said, ahead of a presidential vote next weekend.
Mali says separatists break peace deal after ethnic clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government accused northern Tuareg separatists on Saturday of violating a ceasefire deal signed last month after 4 people were killed in ethnic violence in the northern town of Kidal, a week ahead of elections.
Pakistani clerics ban women from shopping alone in northwest area
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Clerics in northwest Pakistan have issued a temporary ban on women shopping unless accompanied by a male relative, a police official said on Saturday, in a step designed to keep men from being distracted during th…
Egypt ‘deeply worried’ by Nile water row with Ethiopia
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt said on Saturday it was highly concerned that Ethiopia had not responded to an invitation to discuss a dispute over a giant dam that Ethiopia plans to build on the river Nile.
Algerian army kills regional al Qaeda leader’s deputy: Ennahar TV
(Reuters) – Algerian special forces shot dead four Islamist militants, including regional al Qaeda deputy leader Abu Al Walid Tuhami, in an ambush on Friday night, privately owned television station Ennahar said on Saturday, citing unnamed sources.
