BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber carried out a car bombing in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television said. In a bulletin flashed over its regular programming, it said the bombing was the work of a “suicide terrorist”. (Writing by Joseph Logan; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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Syrian TV: Suicide bomber carried out Deir al-Zor attack
Men wearing Afghan police uniforms shot dead two NATO service members Saturday in southern Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a string of attacks on international troops by Afghan security forces or militants disguised as police.
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Men in Afghan police uniforms kill 2 NATO troops
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors and defense attorneys for five defendants in the September 11 attacks dug in on Sunday for a long legal battle that one lawyer said may never be resolved. The military tribunal is not expected to start for almost another year and if Saturday’s 13-hour arraignment was an accurate preview, the trial will be chaotic and drawn out with continuing disputes about torture and whether a military trial is appropriate. The defendants on Saturday refused to enter pleas and demanded a full reading of the charges against them. …
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U.S. prosecutors say ready for long haul in 9/11 case
Yemen’s military regained part of a strategic southern city on Saturday after an intense battle with al-Qaida militants left 19 people dead as the government tries to purge the insurgents from their strongholds, officials said.
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Yemeni troops battle al-Qaida militants in south
The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday expanding the number of U.N. cease-fire observers in Syria from 30 to 300 and demanding an immediate halt to the violence that has been escalating since the government and opposition agreed to end hostilities more than a week ago.
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UN authorizes 300 Syria cease-fire observers
Borussia Dortmund clinched a second successive German league title on Saturday as Japan star Shinji Kagawa’s second-half goal helped secure a 2-0 win at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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Kagawa strike seals German title for Dortmund
Bahrain’s opposition on Saturday reported the first death in protests timed for this weekend’s controversial Grand Prix as the kingdom imposed a security lockdown around the Sakhir Formula One racing circuit.
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Bahrain protester dead amid F1 security lockdown
Christian Dior has named Belgian designer Raf Simons as its new artistic director, seven months after its icon, John Galliano, was convicted by a Paris court for drunken anti-Semitic ravings.
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Dior names Raf Simons as new artistic director
Tulsa’s black community was on edge Saturday after police said the same attacker or attackers were behind a series of shootings a day earlier that left three people dead and two more critically wounded.
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Tulsa’s black community unnerved by shootings
The head of Mali’s parliament, who was forced into exile after last month’s coup, is due to return Saturday to this nation in crisis in the first step marking Mali’s return to constitutional rule, his chief of staff said.
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National Assembly head due back in Mali