KABUL, Oct 02 (AP): An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck an election rally in the country's eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 30.Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says some of the wounded are in critical condition, which increases concerns...
Read moreStockholm, Oct 02 (Reuters): Some of the actions Aung San Suu Kyi has taken as Myanmar's civilian leader are "regrettable" but her Nobel Peace Prize will not be withdrawn, the head of the Nobel Foundation told the news agency in an interview in Stockholm on Friday.Lars Heikensten, speaking days before...
Read moreSULAWESI, Oct 02 (Reuters): The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has risen to 1,234, from 844, the national disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday.A 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday triggered tsunami waves as high as six metres (20 feet), which swept ashore at...
Read moreBERLIN, Oct 02 (Reuters): Germany's coalition parties agreed on a new immigration law on Tuesday to attract more skilled workers from countries outside the European Union, in a politically risky push to fill a record number of job vacancies and stabilize the public pension system.Record-high employment and falling joblessness have...
Read moreBEIJING, Oct 02 (Reuters): China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty.Beijing and Washington are locked in a trade war in which...
Read moreADDIS ABABA, Oct 02 (AFP): Weekend fighting between rival ethnic groups in western Ethiopia killed at least 44 people, state affiliated media reported Tuesday.The clashes occurred on the border between the central Oromia and western Benishangul-Gumuz regions.Violence began when officials from Benishangul-Gumuz were killed by unidentified gunmen, said the Walta...
Read moreMelania Trump arrives in Ghana ACCRA, Oct 02: US First Lady Melania Trump arrived in Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday on her first solo international trip in Africa, during which she will visit child health facilities, orphanages and meet caregivers. The stop is Trump's first on a four-country tour that...
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