Saudi-led coalition steps up strikes on Yemeni capital
Weapons storage sites used by Houthi rebels targeted in bombardment on Sanaa lasting several hours.
The Saudi-led coalition has intensified its air strikes in and around Yemen's capital Sanaa, targeting weapons storage sites used by the Houthis who have seized power.
The air raids, which hit the Defence Ministry and facilities including al-Hafa military camp, lasted for several hours, residents told the Reuters news agency.
The Republican Guard was also targeted, in the sixteenth straight day of coalition air strikes on the country.
Saudi Arabia also said that it had targeted a sports stadium which was being used as a Houthi ammunition store, in the southern city of Aden, a day earlier.
"The use of schools and sports stadiums and civilian installations is evidence of the abnormal behaviour of these groups and the actions that are intended to damage the daily life of citizens and the infrastructure," Brigadier-General Ahmed Asseri, a coalition spokesperson, said.
Thai junta links Koh Samui car bomb explosion to political unrest
A pick- up truck exploded in the basement car park of a shopping mall late on Friday, injuring seven people - including an Italian girl and six Thais.
The incident took place following a fashion show at the Central Festival Mall, while late-night shoppers were inside the building.
An initial report from military representative, Major Gen. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, has suggested that the attack was CARRIED
out by the same group behind recent blasts in the capital, Bangkok, where two people were injured.
out by the same group behind recent blasts in the capital, Bangkok, where two people were injured.Paris holds firm on nomination of gay ambassador to Vatican
Holy See yet to confirm Laurent Stefanini posting three months after appointment
Paris will not withdraw the nomination of career diplomat Laurent Stefanini as ambassador to the Holy See, sources at the Élysée Palace and the foreign ministry have said.
The Vatican has yet to CONFIRM Mr Stefanini’s posting three months after his appointment by French president François Hollande, a delay French and Italian media are speculating is because he is openly gay.
Mr Stefanini’s posting three months after his appointment by French president François Hollande, a delay French and Italian media are speculating is because he is openly gay.
Les Echos and Le Journal du Dimanche have written that Mr Stefanini’s nomination has not found favour with the Holy See, not so much because of his sexual orientation but because, in the past, he publicly supported same-sex marriage, which was introduced in FRANCE in 2013.
in 2013.Tripoli: a microcosm of Syria's war in Lebanon
Sectarian fighting in northern Lebanon's Tripoli long predates the violence in Syria. Yet, as violence presses on in Syria, locals say they are "tied to the map" of the region. Patrick Strickland reports from Tripoli.
In the heart of Tripoli, a microcosm of Syria's four-year civil war is playing out in two neighborhoods. The Lebanese state is fighting Islamist militias, who oppose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Alawite armed groups, who support Assad in Syria, are fighting Islamist militias. Many of the Islamist militias are at odds with one another.
Though bloodshed between the predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and Alawite-majority Jabal Mohsen neighborhoods predates the uprising in Syria, tensions intensified as the Syrian conflict took increasingly sectarian shape.
Yet tensions between Bab al-Tabbaneh's militias and the army may explode again soon. Osama Mansour, an Islamist fugitive who supports the Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra), was killed during a shootout with state security forces in Tripoli overnight Thursday. He was reportedly wearing an explosive belt at the TIME.
.Malawi orders police to shoot in a bid to protect albinos
April 11, 2015 - 8:00PMKizito Makoye
Lilongwe: Malawi police are under orders to shoot anyone attacking albinos in the latest bid to crack down on a rising wave of violence against albinos in East Africa whose body parts are prized in black magic.
At least 15 people with albinism, mostly children, have been killed, wounded, abducted or kidnapped in East Africa in the past six months with a marked increase in Malawi, Tanzania and Burundi, according to the United Nations.
UN officials said at least six attacks on albinos were reported in Malawi in the first 10 weeks of 2015 compared to four incidents over the previous two years and gangs were roaming the southern district of Machinga hunting for victims.
Frustrated with US meddling, Latin America seeks its own path
President Obama is in Panama this weekend for the Summit of the Americas, where he'll meet with regional leaders who have grown increasingly determined to assert autonomy from the US.
MEXICO CITY — As leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean gather in Panama Friday for the seventh Summit of the Americas, diplomatic shifts unthinkable even a year ago will be on display as Cuba joins in for the first time.
But the historic nature of the gathering may not prevent a heated summit. Venezuela is threatening to eclipse important regional discussions in its anger over sanctions directed at it by the United States. Nations across the region face weakened economies, and corruption scandals are plaguing countries from Mexico to Chile. Protesters on the sidelines are speaking out against Nicaragua’s new inter-oceanic canal and the ongoing US embargo on Cuba.
The dissension around the forum raises the question of what – or who – can unify the region and help move it forward.
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