Brazil’s ex-president Lula says he will surrender to police
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday said he would surrender to authorities, a day after refusing a judge’s order to start serving a prison sentence for corruption that derails his e…
Iran hit by global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens
DUBAI (Reuters) – Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday…
Several dead after man drives van into restaurant in Germany – police
MUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) – A man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in the old city center of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing several of them before taking his own life, police said.
Fourteen killed in Canadian youth hockey team bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (Reuters) – Fourteen people were killed when a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team collided with a truck in Saskatchewan province, police said, in one of the worst disasters to strike Canada’s sporting community.
Turkey’s Erdogan says France is abetting terrorists
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused France of abetting terrorists by “hosting them” at the Elysee Palace, amid a diplomatic row between the NATO allies over Paris’s support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Turkey criticizes United States over mixed messages on Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey on Saturday criticized the United States over sending what it said were mixed messages on Syria, saying Washington was sowing confusion by equivocating about its future role in the country.
Afghan air strike kills Islamic State commander
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan forces killed an Islamic State commander in an air strike, one year after he defected from the Taliban and established a new IS foothold within the country, security officials said.
Several dead after vehicle drives into crowd in Germany – police
BERLIN (Reuters) – Several people were killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd in the western German city of Muenster on Saturday, police said.
Vatican arrests former diplomat after child pornography probe
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Saturday its police had arrested a monsignor who worked as a diplomat at its embassy in Washington and is suspected of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada.
Peru’s pardoned Fujimori says has tumor, denies political comeback
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former leader Alberto Fujimori, who was pardoned for corruption and human rights abuse and freed from jail in December, ruled out a return to politics on Friday evening and said doctors had discovered a tumor in his lungs.
