Friends, family, public flock to funeral of physicist Stephen Hawking
CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) – Well-wishers filled the streets of Cambridge on Saturday for the funeral of British physicist Stephen Hawking, hailed by another leading scientist as “an imprisoned mind roaming the cosmos”.
Syrian mother hopes to reunite family shattered by war
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Amira Gharmoush’s family has been a victim of both sides of the war for the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. The 67-year-old Syrian mother of nine is now hoping to piece back together what’s left of it.
German Tornado jet may be unsuitable for NATO missions: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German armed forces may not be able to use the Tornado fighter jet for NATO missions, according to a defense ministry report seen by Reuters.
Botswana’s Khama steps down as president after a decade at helm
GABORONE (Reuters) – Ian Khama, a retired army general, stepped down as president of Botswana on Saturday, handing the diamond-rich country to his deputy after a decade at the helm.
Major fire at Yemen’s Hodeidah port destroys aid supplies
ADEN (Reuters) – A fire broke out at the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeidah early on Saturday, destroying warehouses filled with cooking fuel and foodstuffs, port workers said.
Sierra Leone heads to the polls to seek successor to Koroma
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a poll delayed by fraud allegations to choose a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma who leaves a country struggling after the Ebola epidemic and a commodity price crash.
Kosovo opens investigation into extradition of Turkish nationals
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo authorities have launched an investigation into the arrest and extradition of six Turkish citizens, which activists said represented a violation of human rights, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said on Saturday.
UK-Russia standoff deepens as Moscow cuts UK diplomats
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow has told Britain it must cut just over 50 more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening standoff over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry said o…
Violence subsides on Israel-Gaza border a day after deadly protest
GAZA (Reuters) – Dozens of Palestinian youths gathered by the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, though the area remained mostly quiet, a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years.
Co-owner of Russia’s Summa group detained: sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The co-owner of Russia’s Summa investment and trading group, Ziyavudin Magomedov, has been detained in Russia, sources told Reuters on Saturday, without giving further details.
