Maldives top court seeks to impeach president, attorney general says
MALE (Reuters) – The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen for not obeying its order to release jailed opposition leaders, the attorney general said on Sunday, warning of further instability in the Indian Ocean nat…
Anti-U.S. base mayor seeks re-election in Okinawa’s Nago city
TOKYO (Reuters) – A mayor opposed to a U.S. Marines base on Okinawa seeks re-election in a poll on Sunday, raising the prospect that the facility will remain an irritant in Japan-U.S. relations.
Palestinian teen dies in Israeli West Bank arrest raid: officials
BURQIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during an arrest raid in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Saturday.
Palestinian teen dies in Israeli West Bank arrest raid: health officials
BURQIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during an arrest raid in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said on Saturday.
Italian man held after driving through city shooting at black people
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian man opened fire on African migrants in the central city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring six people before he was captured, in what police said was a racially motivated attack.
Turkey denies report border guards shot at fleeing Syrians
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish guards at the border with Syria are indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning asylum seekers attempting to cross into Turkey, Human Rights Watch said.
Syrian rebels down Russian plane, kill pilot
AMMAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian rebels shot down a Russian warplane on Saturday and killed its pilot on the ground after he ejected from the plane, Russia’s defense ministry and Syrian rebels said.
Syrian rebels say downed Russian jet, captured pilot: sources
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Saturday they had brought down a Russian warplane in an area of northern Syria’s Idlib province that has seen heavy air strikes, and two rebel sources said they had captured the pilot who was badly injured.
Trump says Republican memo vindicates him in Russia probe
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a controversial memo attacking federal law enforcement written by congressional Republicans vindicates him in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presiden…
Suicide bomber kills at least 11 soldiers in northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.
