Lebanon’s Hariri arrives in Paris for talks with Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, arrived in Paris on Saturday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, a statement from Hariri’s press office said.
France should not interfere in Iran’s missile program: adviser to Iran’s supreme leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – France should not interfere in Iran’s missile program, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said on Saturday according to state media.
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador to Germany over Gabriel comments
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador in Germany home for consultations over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in Lebanon.
Sri Lanka arrest 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between “extremists” from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Zimbabweans celebrate expected fall of Mugabe on Harare streets
HARARE (Reuters) – Thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of Harare on Saturday, waving national flags and singing and dancing in an outpouring of elation at the expected fall of President Robert Mugabe.
Cambodian court charges two journalists with espionage
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Cambodian court on Saturday charged two journalists with espionage for filing news reports to a U.S.-funded radio station, which can carry a prison term of up to 15 years.
Australian medical group wants access to Manus Island asylum seekers
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s main medical association called on Saturday for the government to allow independent doctors and other health experts to help more than 400 asylum seekers languishing inside a recently closed detention center in Papua N…
China says will work with North Korea to boost ties as envoy visits
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – Traditional friendship between China and North Korea represents “valuable wealth” for their people, China said after its special envoy met a high-ranking North Korean official, but there was no mention of the crisis over North…
Argentina intensifies search for missing submarine with 44 crew
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine submarine with 44 crew on board was missing in the South Atlantic two days after its last communication, prompting the navy to step up its search efforts late on Friday in difficult, stormy conditions.
Syria toxic gas inquiry to end after Russia again blocks U.N. renewal
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An international investigation into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria will end on Friday after Russia blocked for the third time in a month attempts at the United Nations to renew the inquiry, which Moscow…
