Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza after militants fire rockets
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza militants fired rockets at Israel on Saturday drawing retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Hamas sites, the Israeli military said, a few days after the area’s most intense fighting in years.
Saudi Arabia says it released eight people in activist crackdown
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia temporarily released eight people accused of communicating with organizations opposed to the kingdom and held nine others in detention, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday.
Slovenians go to polls, opposition center-right party expected to win most seats
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia’s parliamentary election on Sunday is likely to hand the most seats to an opposition anti-immigrant center-right party, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), but it may not find the coalition partners to form a government…
Israel aircraft strike Gaza sites after militants fire rockets
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza militants fired rockets at Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, drawing retaliatory Israeli air strikes on Hamas sites, Palestinian residents said, a few days after the area’s most intense fighting in years.
Conservative donor says Gove should replace May as UK PM: the Observer
LONDON (Reuters) – Prominent eurosceptic Michael Gove should replace British Prime Minister Theresa May because she is incapable of delivering Brexit, a donor to her party was quoted as saying in an early edition of the Observer newspaper seen on Satur…
Thousands protest against the government in Macedonia
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Several thousand supporters of Macedonia’s opposition VMRO-DPMNE party protested on Saturday against changing the name of the country and to demand an early election because of the poor state of the economy, which contracted last yea…
Jordanian PM rejects demands to scrap tax law after protests
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s prime minister refused to scrap an IMF-backed tax reform bill on Saturday that has sparked protests over price hikes, saying it was up to parliament to decide its fate.
Raul Castro appointed to head rewrite of Cuban constitution
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s national assembly named former President Raul Castro on Saturday to head the commission charged with carrying out changes to the constitution that would provide legal backing to the island’s economic and social opening.
AFD chief rebuked for playing down Nazis in German history
BERLIN (Reuters) – German politicians rebuked the co-leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after he made comments to his party that appeared to play down the significance of the Nazis in Germany’s history.
Ontario premier concedes defeat ahead of next week’s polls
TORONTO (Reuters) – The premier of Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, conceded defeat on Saturday ahead of next week’s election, but called on voters to vote for her party anyway to keep the next government in check.
