Bomb kills 12 soccer players, fans in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A bomb planted near a yard where people were playing soccer in Iraq killed 12 people on Sunday, police and medics said.
Blast in Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 28
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed and dozens wounded in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked a largely Shi’ite Muslim neighborhood, police said.
Kurdish protesters clash with Turkish security forces
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Police fired teargas and water cannon on Sunday to disperse thousands of protesters in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast, during demonstrations across the country to pressure the government…
Gunmen free 175 prisoners in Nigeria jailbreak
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead two civilians and then used explosives to free 175 inmates from a prison in Nigeria’s southern town of Akure overnight, a prison official said on Sunday.
Obama says Zimbabwe has opportunity, needs free and fair poll
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday Zimbabwe’s economic recovery gave the southern African country an opportunity to advance but only if upcoming elections were “free and fair.”
Ecuador’s Correa says Snowden’s fate in hands of Russia
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Sunday the fate of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is in the hands of the authorities in Russia, where he is holed up in hope of obtaining asylum in the South…
Fifteen people injured at motor rally in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) – At least 15 people, including two children, were injured at a motor rally in the Polish city of Poznan on Sunday after a luxury car skidded into a group of spectators, a local police spokesman said.
In Egypt, many complain – but don’t protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Politics is all very well, reckons Zeeka, but it doesn’t sell tomatoes and it doesn’t pay the rent.
France’s Hollande said to back away from reshuffle
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande is unlikely to reshuffle his government before the summer break and will instead urge ministers to sharpen their focus on unemployment and other issues sapping their popularity, sources told Reuters….
Iraqi Kurdish President set to rule for two more years
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The president of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani is set to stay in office for another two years, after lawmakers voted on Sunday to extend his tenure amid scuffles in parliament and an outcry from opposition parties.
