At least 25 dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least 25 migrants died after their boat sank off Libya’s western coast on Saturday and survivors were being brought back to port in Tripoli, Libyan coastguard officials said.
Germany’s Merkel vows to get government in place quickly
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she aimed to get a government in place as quickly as possible after she was left scrambling to find a way to govern when three-way coalition talks collapsed last Sunday.
French minister believes banks had ‘good reasons’ to close National Front accounts
PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Saturday he believed the banks that closed the accounts of far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her party had good reasons to do so.
U.N. aid workers return to Yemen on flights to Sanaa: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid workers arrived in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, after a nearly three week blockade by the Saudi-led military coalition, an official at the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) said.
U.N. aid workers return to Yemen on first flight to Sanaa: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – A flight carrying humanitarian aid workers landed in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, the first after a nearly three week blockade imposed by the Saudi-led military coalition, an official of the U.N.’s World Food Programme (W…
Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo in court to face corruption charges
HARARE (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who was among those detained by the military when they seized power before Robert Mugabe resigned this week, appeared in court on Saturday to face corruption charges.
Pakistani police fire tear gas at Islamists blockading capital
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police used tear gas and watercannon, and fought running battles with stone-throwing Islamist activists, as they moved to clear a sit-in by the religious hard-liners who have blocked the main routes into the capital of I…
Japan coast guard finds body of dead male suspected from North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Coast Guard found the body of a male and parts of a wooden boat suspected to be from North Korea on the coast of one of Japan’s outlying islands on Saturday, an official said.
Bangladesh says agreed with Myanmar for UNHCR to assist Rohingya’s return
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take help from the U.N. refugee agency to safely repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh said on Saturday.
Pakistani police fire tear gas to break up Islamists’ sit-in blocking capital
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police used tear gas and watercannon in clashes with stone-throwing Islamist protesters on Saturday, as they moved to clear a protest by the religious hard-liners who have blocked main routes into Islamabad for more than…
