Nigeria counting votes in presidential election dogged by delays
Nigeria began counting votes in Saturday’s closely-fought presidential election although the electoral commission extended voting hours in some places where polling stations opened late or ballot machines malfunctioned.
South African opposition party vows to create jobs, fight graft in manifesto
South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), launched its manifesto for May’s general elections on Saturday with pledges to create jobs and set up an anti-corruption unit.
North Korea’s Kim begins long train trip to Vietnam for summit with Trump: report
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set off by train for Vietnam on Saturday, for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, media reported, and hours later, two witnesses saw a train crossing into China from North Korea.
Trump’s North Korea envoy Biegun: a capable man in an impossible job?
Days before a second U.S.-North Korea summit, much rests on the shoulders of a former auto executive trying to find common ground between an American president seeking a big foreign policy win and a North Korean leader who seems unlikely to hand him on…
Catholic nun scolds bishops on abuse: ‘This storm will not pass’
A Catholic nun told bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church’s hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.
Iran says it has many options to neutralize ‘illegal’ U.S. sanctions: Tasnim
Iran said on Saturday it had many options to neutralize the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on its oil exports, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, adding that Tehran’s regional influence could not be curbed as demanded by Washington.
Three Venezuelan soldiers desert before planned aid handover, Colombia says
Three members of the Venezuelan national guard deserted their posts early on Saturday, Colombia’s migration agency said, ahead of a planned opposition-led effort to bring aid into the economically-devastated county.
Venezuelan troops fire tear gas at Colombian border: witness
Venezuelan troops near the Colombian border on Saturday fired tear gas at a group of people seeking to cross into the neighboring nation to work, according to a Reuters witness.
North Korea’s Kim sets off by train to Vietnam for summit with Trump – report
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set off by train for Vietnam on Saturday, for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump next week, Russia’s TASS news agency reported.
Bootleg liquor kills at least 84 in northeast India, 200 hospitalized
At least 84 people have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, and around 200 others have been hospitalized, a state government minister said on Saturday.
