Over 30 dead, 70 wounded in Iraq car bomb blasts
At least 32 people have been killed and 70 more wounded after a double bombing in central Baghdad, police say on Saturday. The blasts shook the city's Kadhimiya district and Sanaa Square, where thousands of Shia Muslim pilgrims had gathered to mark a major religious festival. As in previous instances, the bombs were hidden in cars. A similar incident took over 80 lives across Iraq the previous Wednesday.
Saudi crown prince dies
The heir to Saudi Arabia's throne, Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, has died in Geneva. Aged in his late 70s, he had been ill for some time, rumored to be suffering from diabetes. He had been heir to King Abdullah since October 2011, after his full brother Prince Sultan died.
No damage or injuries as rocket fired into Israel
Israeli military officials said a rocket was fired into southern Israel on Saturday, but exploded in an area of open desert, causing no damage or injuries. The IDF, however, declined to say from which direction the rocket might have been launched. "Last night an explosion was heard in the Arava area in southern Israel. Following an examination in the area it was determined that the rocket was probably a Grad, and the incident is currently being reviewed," said the Israeli military spokeswoman.
Thirty-two killed in India bus crash
At least 32 pilgrims have been killed and 14 injured when a private bus fell off a river bridge near Osmanabad town, 450 km from the city of Mumbai, early Saturday. A majority of those injured are in serious condition and the casualty figure is expected to go up, police say. The bus was on a journey to the famous pilgrim centerof Shirdi in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra when the tragedy occurred around 2.30 am.
Sarkozy accused of sexual harassment
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been accused of sexual harassment by a fellow party member. The allegation come as Sarkozy is about to lose his immunity, opening the way to a number of probes into fraud cases. In a controversial fictional book based on Sarkozy’s career, Marie-Celie Guillaume, a UMP party member, portrayed the former leader as a dictator who had sexual affairs with female politicians in his office. The author of the book entitled “The monarch, His Son and His Kingdom” described an event when Rocky, the character based on Sarkozy, asked a local MP to perform sexual favors on him. Guillaume insists the alleged incident did actually take place when the MP was visiting Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace to ask for funds for a local project. On Saturday Sarkozy loses his presidential immunity and is no longer protected from investigations.
UN urges Libya to free ICC staff
The UN Security Council has urged Libyan authorities to immediately release four members of the International Criminal Court who were detained after visiting the imprisoned son of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, Associated Press reports. The council stressed that Libya is legally obliged under the UN resolution that authorized the court to investigate possible war crimes in the country “to cooperate fully with and provide any necessary assistance to the ICC.” Four ICC staff have been detained since June 7 in the western city of Zintan and are accused of committing a “security breach.”
Russia’s Black Sea fleet not heading to Syria – navy
All warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet remain in their bases and the crews are engaged in everyday activities, a naval source has told RIA Novosti. The only exception is the Cesar Kunikov large landing ship, which is returning from Messina in Italy and passed through the Bosphorus Strait on Friday. It is expected to arrive back at its base in Sevastopol on Saturday. Earlier reports in the US media suggested that a number of warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are preparing to go to Syria in order to strengthen, or protect, Moscow’s naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus. A group of Russian warships, led by the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, visited the base in January for maintenance and to replenish its reserves.
Coalminers clash with police in Spain, seven injured
Seven people, including four police officers, have been injured as striking coalminers clashed with police in northern Spain. The protesters blocked roads and fired missiles from homemade rocket launchers after the government slashed mining subsidies by two thirds. Mining is an integral part of Spain's already ailing economy and the cuts could spell the end for the industry in the country.
Seventeen killed in land dispute in Paraguay
At least 17 people have been killed and some 100 injured after police clashed with landless farmers in Paraguay’s remote northern forest reserve. The government deployed the army on Friday to resolve the land dispute after police tried to evict 150 farmers from the reserve, which is owned by a Colorado Party politician opposed to leftist President Fernando Lugo. Among the dead are seven police officers and ten farmers. “I extend my sorrow and repudiation of the actions that led to the killing of these people,'' Lugo said following the violence.
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