Iran stages pro-government rallies, derides Trump ‘blunder’ at U.N.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Thousands of government supporters staged rallies in Iran for a fourth day on Saturday in a backlash against widespread anti-government protests that the clerical establishment has blamed on the country’s enemies.
Gunmen kill 13 in Senegal’s Casamance region: army
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead 13 people and wounded seven others on Saturday in the forest of Senegal’s southern region of Casamance, the army said.
Arab League to lobby U.N. to recognize Palestinian state
AMMAN (Reuters) – Arab states will soon embark on a diplomatic drive to persuade the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Saf…
Nigeria starts large scale evacuation of its citizens from Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Nigeria is starting flights to evacuate thousands of its citizens from Libya which will continue until all those wanting to return home have done so, its foreign minister said on Saturday.
Trump says he would ‘absolutely’ talk to North Korea’s Kim on phone
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from talks between North Korea and South …
Israel supports gradual funding cut to U.N. agency for Palestinians: official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel supports a cut in U.S. funding for a U.N. agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees – a possibility raised by President Donald Trump – but prefers it be carried out gradually, a senior Israeli official said on Saturd…
Eleven Saudi princes detained following protest over utility bills
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have detained 11 princes after they gathered at a royal palace in Riyadh in a rare protest against the government suspending payment of their utility bills, the public prosecutor said on Saturday.
Italy’s coast guard says eight migrants died at sea
MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian coast guard recovered the bodies of eight people as it rescued a further 84 from dinghy that ran into trouble off Libya’s coast, it said on Saturday.
Head of new crisis panel urges access to Myanmar’s Rakhine State
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Humanitarian workers and journalists should be given free access to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where violence has prompted some 650,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, the head of a new international advisory panel on the cris…
Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummeled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the church’s decision to sell land to Jewish groups.
