Blast close to procession in Afghan capital Kabul: police
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives close to Sunday’s procession commemorating the death of former anti-Soviet mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, a police spokesman said.
Ban cheese imports? Pakistan discusses outside-the-box ideas to avoid IMF bailout
(In this Sept. 9 story corrects that Economic Advisory Council meeting was chaired by prime minister, not finance minister)
Greek deal on Macedonia name won’t push early elections, says PM Tsipras
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday he did not expect the country will be pushed to early elections because of disagreements within his governing coalition over a name deal with neighboring Macedonia.
U.N. rights boss Bachelet urges Egypt to overturn mass death sentences
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Sunday urged Egypt’s appeals court to overturn mass death sentences handed down by a lower court after what she said was an “unfair trial”.
Catalan leader calls for referendum as secessionists prepare protests
Catalan leader Quim Torra renewed calls for Madrid to accept a referendum on independence in an interview published on Sunday, two days before separatists take to the streets in the first of a series of major protests.
Syria and Russia resume Idlib air strikes: residents, rescuers
Russian and Syrian jets resumed intensive strikes in Idlib and Hama on Sunday, residents and rescuers said, as Damascus stepped up its assault on the rebels’ last major stronghold after a Russian-Iranian-Turkish summit failed to agree a ceasefire.
Pope should not resign, but church abuse tribunal needed: Bannon
Pope Francis should not resign over allegations he mishandled a sexual abuse scandal, said Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former political strategist who is close to prominent Catholic conservatives.
Iranian Guards claims missile attack on Iraq-based Kurd dissidents
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired seven missiles in an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissidents that killed at least 11 people on Saturday, the elite military unit was reported as saying by Iranian news agencies on Sunday.
May wraps ‘suicide vest’ around UK over Brexit, says Johnson
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps “a suicide vest around the British constitution” and hands the detonator to the European Union, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said in comments that drew strong criticism.
At least 17 killed in South Sudan plane crash
At least 17 people died in South Sudan on Sunday when a small aircraft carrying passengers from Juba International Airport to the city of Yirol crashed, State information Minister Taban Abel told Reuters.
