Cheteshwar Pujara hit an impressive half-century on his comeback as India reached 182-3 at tea on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Thursday. Four oil workers kidnapped off Nigeria freed
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria on August 4 have been released, their employer Sea Trucks Group said Thursday. Islamabad Christians afraid after blasphemy arrest
A week after a young Christian girl was arrested on blasphemy charges in a poor suburb of Islamabad, her fellow believers fear they may have celebrated their last service in the area. Al-Qaida claims deadly summer attacks in west Iraq
Al-Qaida’s front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for dozens of deadly attacks in the Sunni-dominated western Anbar province this summer.
Violent mining strikes could spread, says Implats
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – World No.2 platinum producer Impala Platinum has warned that industrial action at South Africa’s platinum mines, resulting in the death of workers at Implats and its rival Lonmin, could become more widespread. A violent six-week strike at Implats’ Rustenburg operations early this year sliced 21 percent off its full-year production and, combined with declining metals prices, led to a drastic cut in its dividend, to 60 cents a share from 570 cents last year. …
Kenya to hold peace meeting after 52 killed
Kenyan police said they were bringing two rival communities together for a peace meeting Thursday, after at least 52 mainly women and children were hacked or burnt to death in the worst ethnic massacre for several years. Two killed when tourist balloon crash-lands in Slovenia
ZAGREB (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and 18 injured when a hot-air balloon carrying foreign and local tourists caught fire and came down near the Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Thursday, the police said. The official STA news agency said the police believe the death toll could be higher, but gave no further details. The injured include six children, news website 24ur reported. It posted a short video clip showing a police helicopter hovering above a cornfield at Ig, a suburb just outside Ljubljana, where the balloon hit the ground at 8 a.m.. …
Petrol bomb thrown at Moldovan PM's car: aide
CHISINAU (Reuters) – A man threw a petrol bomb at the cortege of Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat on Wednesday night as he returned from hosting an official reception for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a government aide said on Thursday. Nobody was hurt in the attack, Eujen Onica, an aide at the Interior Ministry, told Reuters. Filat, 43, who heads a government of the pro-Europe Alliance for European Integration, was returning from the reception for Merkel when the 23-year-old assailant tossed the bottle at his car. … Amnesty: Syrian civilians suffer most in Aleppo
Human rights group Amnesty International says artillery and mortar fire and airstrikes by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo are killing mostly civilians, including children. South Africa mourns victims of mine violence
South Africa's major platinum mines closed on Thursday to allow workers to attend memorials for the 44 people killed last week in a wildcat strike at a Lonmin facility. One killed in Lebanon fighting despite ceasefire
Fresh fighting erupted Thursday in the northern city of Tripoli leaving one dead and two wounded, a security source said, despite a truce to halt days of violence between pro- and anti-Damascus gunmen. GCSE A-C passes fall for first time in exam history
The proportion of A-C grades at GCSE has dropped for the first time since the exam was introduced in the 1980s, figures published Thursday show, amid a row over marking. Four foreign oil workers kidnapped off Nigeria freed
ABUJA (Reuters) – Four foreigners working for Netherlands-based Sea Trucks Group who were kidnapped by pirates off the Nigerian coast on August 4 have been released, the company said on Thursday. “We can confirm that our four kidnapped crew were released last night and that they are OK,” Sea Trucks spokeswoman Corrie van Kessel said in an email. Piracy and kidnapping in the Niger Delta and offshore are common, and West Africa’s oil-rich Gulf of Guinea is second only to the waters off Somalia for the risk of pirate attacks, which drives up shipping insurance costs. …
Turkish soldiers kill 16 PKK militants after convoy attack
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish troops have killed 16 Kurdish guerrillas in an operation in south-east Turkey targeting militants who launched a bomb attack on a military convoy that killed five soldiers, the local governor’s office said on Thursday. The clashes are part of a growing cycle of violence in the remote, mountainous province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran – a development which Turkish officials and analysts are linking to the deepening conflict in Syria. …
Lawyer: Bahrain overturns activist's Twitter case
A defense lawyer says a Bahrain court has overturned a conviction against a prominent human rights activist for posting alleged anti-government comments on social media. Moroccan police break up protest of royal tribute
Moroccan police have violently broken up a protest demanding more political freedoms and denouncing an annual ceremony honoring the king. 
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