France’s Macron engages hecklers in farm-show rite of passage
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Emmanuel Macron was booed by angry farmers on Saturday during his first visit as president to the country’s main agricultural fair, amid rising discontent over producer prices, European Union trade talks and Chinese land purc…
Bangladesh police free detained foreign aid workers
DHAKA (Reuters) – The Bangladesh police authority has freed all the foreign aid workers who had been detained near the city of Cox’s Bazar after failing to show their passports, visas or work permits, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Rescuers say cannot keep up with air strikes battering Syria’s Ghouta
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rescuers in Syria’s eastern Ghouta said the bombing would not let up long enough for them to count the bodies, in one of the bloodiest air assaults of the seven-year war.
Libya’s NOC declares force majeure on 70,000 bpd El Feel oilfield
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Saturday it had declared force majeure on the 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) El Feel oilfield after a protest by guards closed the field.
China upset as Interpol removes wanted alert for exiled Uighur leader
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed dissatisfaction on Saturday at Interpol’s decision to lift a wanted alert for an exile from its Uighur minority, a man China accuses of being a terrorist.
Death toll from Somalia blasts rises to 45: government official
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The death toll from twin car bomb blasts in the Somali capital late on Friday has risen to 45 from the initially reported 18, a senior government official said on Saturday.
China’s Communist Party to meet on reform ahead of government reshuffle
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party will hold a three-day meeting of its top officials starting on Monday to discuss deepening of reform, and will also likely decide on key personnel decisions ahead of a government reshuffle next month….
South Sudan military officers may have committed war crimes: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.N. investigators said on Friday they had identified more than 40 South Sudanese military officers who may be responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Philippine Catholics protest drug killings, death penalty
MANILA (Reuters) – Around a thousand Catholics in the Philippines marched in Manila on Saturday to protest President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs and his efforts to reinstate the death penalty.
Australian PM declines to offer Trump any advice on gun control
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declined to offer U.S. President Donald Trump any advice on gun control days after the latest mass shooting at a U.S. school, despite Australia’s success in cutting gun violence.
