German operators of French campsite hit by flash flood under investigation
A French judge placed two German nationals accused of operating an unlicensed holiday camp in southern France under formal investigation after a flash-flood swept through the site, leaving several children injured and one man missing.
Canada police charge man in Fredericton shooting, identify victims
Canadian police charged a man in the shooting deaths of four people, including two police officers, and identified the civilian victims, who was killed in the eastern city of Fredericton, the latest eruption of gun violence in the country.
Clashes continue as Taliban press Afghan city south of Kabul
Fighting continued around Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after Taliban fighters stormed the city in a stark show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said.
Turkey is not in a crisis, will fight ‘economic war’, Erdogan says
The Turkish economy is not in a crisis or going bankrupt and the fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate are the ‘missiles’ of an economic war waged against Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Key Iran council backs anti-money laundering move: state media
A top Iranian constitutional body has approved measures passed by parliament to bring the country more into line with global money-laundering norms, state media said on Saturday, as Tehran tries to attract investments despite the reimposition of U.S sa…
Erdogan says U.S. turned its back on Turkey, upsetting Ankara
The United States has turned its back on its NATO ally Turkey over a Christian American pastor and such treatment has annoyed and upset Ankara, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Egypt security forces thwart church bombing: state television
Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.
Erdogan says U.S. ‘wrong’ to threaten Turkey after Trump doubles tariffs
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said it was wrong of the United States to try to bring Turkey into line with threats, a day after President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish metal imports as the row between the two NATO allies deepen…
India’s Kerala state on high alert after floods kill 34
More than half of the 14 districts in India’s Kerala state have been put on high alert, officials said on Saturday, as the death toll from one of the worst floods in the southern state reached 34.
Egypt security forces thwart bombing of church: state television
Egyptian security forces have thwarted an attempted attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.
