As Peru president faced impeachment, jailed Fujimori worked to save both
LIMA (Reuters) – Last week, as Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski scrambled to survive a bid in Congress to oust him in the wake of a graft scandal, his jailed authoritarian predecessor Alberto Fujimori called on his loyalists in Congress to save t…
Russia says it has detained a suspect in St. Petersburg supermarket blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday it had detained the individual suspected of organizing and carrying out a bombing that injured 13 people in a St. Petersburg supermarket this week.
Street protests hit Iran for third straight day as pro-government rallies held
DUBAI (Reuters) – Anti-government protests broke out in Iran for the third day running on Saturday as separate state-sponsored rallies were staged to mark the end of unrest that shook the country in 2009, according to Iranian news agencies and state me…
Ten prisoners in eastern Turkey on hunger strike, health worsening: lawyers
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a new security measure, a lawyers’ association in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir said on Saturday.
Man with explosives takes 11 hostages in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – A man believed to be strapped with explosives has taken nine adults and two children hostage in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police said on Saturday.
Russia says detains organizer of St. Petersburg supermarket blast: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday that the individual who organized and carried out a bombing that injured 13 people in a St. Petersburg supermarket this week had been detained, Russian news agencies reported.
Schaeuble does not rule out minority government for Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Social Democrats on Saturday to quickly form a new government, but said he could not rule out a minority government if no deal is re…
Man with explosives holed up inside post office in Ukraine: police
KIEV (Reuters) – A man believed to be carrying explosives is holed up in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo told the news channel 112 on Saturday.
Sudan announces state of emergency in Kassala, North Kurdufan: SUNA
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has announced a 6-month state of emergency in the states of Kassala and North Kurdufan, government news agency SUNA said on Saturday.
Russian court upholds ban on Navalny running against Putin in 2018
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a decision by the country’s central election commission to bar him from taking part in next year’s presidential election.
