Second person dead, 30 arrested, after Saturday’s grenade attack at Ethiopia prime minister’s rally
ADDIS ABABA – Thirty people have now been arrested over alleged involvement in a grenade attack that killed two people at a rally in the Ethiopian capital attended by new…
Iraq plans manual election recount only for suspect ballots
BAGHDAD – Iraq will conduct a manual recount of votes from a May election only for ballots mentioned in official reports on fraud or in formal complaints, a move likely…
Trump calls for deporting illegal immigrants with ‘no judges or court cases’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back to where they came from immediately without any judicial process.…
Saudi women gear up for new freedom as driving ban ends
RIYADH – Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world’s last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women’s…
Indonesia identifies suspected location of sunken ferry
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s search and rescue team has located the sunken ferry in Sumatra’s Lake Toba, an official said, after the vessel sank in a bad weather nearly a week…
Xi says China must lead way in reform of global governance
BEIJING – China must lead the way in reforming global governance, the foreign ministry on Saturday cited President Xi Jinping as saying, as Beijing looks to increase its world influence.…
Pope, in Geneva, urges Christians to break down their barriers
GENEVA – Pope Francis has called on Christians to “break down barriers of suspicion and fear” that have divided them since the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century and to…
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s wife charged with fraud over catered meals
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, has been charged with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds in ordering catered meals at their official residence, the…
New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern gives birth to baby girl
WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given birth to her first child, a girl, Ardern said in a posting on Instagram. Ardern, 37, became New Zealand’s youngest…
“Hate narratives” from abroad drive Myanmar communities apart, Suu Kyi says
YANGON – “Hate narratives” from abroad have driven communities in Myanmar further apart, the Southeast Asian nation’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a social media statement. Patience and…
