12 militants killed in Egypt: official
Cairo: Twelve militants were killed and eleven others arrested on Saturday in raids carried out by the Egyptian army in the country’s North Sinai area.
S Sudanfood crisis worst in the world: UN
United Nations: South Sudan’s food crisis is now the worst in the world, the UN Security Council has said as it called for urgent funding to step up deliveries of desperately-needed aid.
Nigeriaconfirms first Ebola death
Abuja: West Africa’s current Ebola outbreak has spread to a fourth country, after an ill liberian man vomited, had diarrhea and a high fever on an airplane to Nigeria.
MH17 crash: Malaysian PM to visit Netherlands
Kuala lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will visit the Netherlands Wednesday and meet his counterpart Mark Rutte for talks on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that crashed after being shot down over Ukraine, his office said on Saturday.
Attacks kill Ukraine mayor, target another
lviv (Ukraine): Two Ukrainian mayors have been targeted in separate attacks, authorities said on Saturday, with one shot dead while the other’s house was hit by an anti-tank rocket. Oleg Babayev, mayor of the central-eastern city of Kremenchuk was killed not far from his home, the Interior Ministry said.
Chinaannounces live fire drills
Beijing: China on Saturday announced that it will conduct a series of live fire training drills next week in the contested waters of the East China Sea, where it is locked in a bitter maritime dispute with Japan.