Hundreds of people return home in Philippines as typhoon weakens

MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon left evacuation centers and returned home on Sunday after a typhoon weakened significantly as it made landfall, although officials still warned of heavy rain and rough seas.

Malaysian helicopter crash kills PM's senior aide and former envoy to U.S.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib's party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials said on Sunday.

Gunmen kill nine, gas pipeline hit in Nigeria's oil-rich delta

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's delta region was hit by violence on Friday, as gunmen killed nine people and, separately, militants blew up a gas pipeline, in a sign of returning unrest to the oil producing area days after a relatively peaceful presidential election.

Zarif stresses benefits to Iran of framework nuclear deal

DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - All United Nations Security Council resolutions related to Iran's nuclear program will be lifted immediately if a final deal is agreed, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday, stressing the benefits to Iran of this week's negotiations.

Kenyatta says campus attackers 'embedded' in Kenya's Muslim community

GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Saturday that those behind an attack in which al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalization.

France halts search for bodies at Germanwings crash site

MARSEILLE (Reuters) - French investigators have ended their search for bodies in the Alps where a Germanwings passenger jet crashed last month, killing all 150 people on board, a local official said on Saturday.

Pilots to be warned over icing after 2014 Mali air crash

PARIS (Reuters) - Aviation regulators are expected to issue new advice to pilots after investigations into the crash of an Air Algerie jet in Mali last July found it went out of control after being hit by ice as an anti-icing system remained switched off.