Italian PM resigns, opens way for Renzi
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Enrico letta announced his resignation after his own party voted for a change of Government, with 39-year-old leftist Matteo Renzi now expected to replace him.
Thai police reclaims Bangkok protest site
Bangkok: Thousands of Thai riot police on Friday reclaimed a key protest site around Government headquarters here besieged for months by the anti-Government demonstrators bent on toppling beleaguered premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
Indonesia volcano erupts; 3 killed
Sugihwaras: An explosive volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s most populou s island blasted ash and debris 18 kilometers into the air today, killing three people while forcing authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 and close seven airports.
Major attack in china, 15 militants killed
Beijing: Fifteen “terrorists” were shot dead by police during a suicide attack by Islamic militants in China’s volatile Xinjiang province that coincided with a visit here by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
UN: over 70 civilians executed in DR Congo
Kinshasa: More than 70 men and women have been summarily executed in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country said.
N-South Korea agree on family reunions
Seoul: High-level talks between the rival Koreas ended on Friday with a rare agreement to go ahead as planned with a reunion for divided families, despite the North’s objections to overlapping South Korea-US military drills.
‘Missing’ Pak anti-drone campaigner found hurt
Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-drone campaigner, missing since he was picked up from his home by men in police uniform over a week ago, was thrown out of a moving vehicle on the outskirts of Rawalpindi.
‘Car Bomb blast outside syria mosque’
Beirut: A car bomb attack outside a mosque in southern Syria killed dozens today and rebels detonated mines under a hotel used by the army in the north killing five, a monitor said.