Several killed in British motorway crash – police
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Several people died when two lorries and a minibus collided on Britain’s main north-south motorway early on Saturday at the start of a busy bank holiday weekend, police said.
Islamic State stronghold Tal Afar about to fall, says Iraqi military
TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces raised the national flag on Saturday in the heart of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, and said they were poised to take full control of the city after a week-long offensive.
Qatar says five suspects in news agency hacking detained in Turkey
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s attorney general said Turkey has detained five suspects in connection with the hacking of Qatar’s state news agency in May.
British counter-terrorism officials investigate armed man arrested near queen’s palace
LONDON (Reuters) – A man armed with a large knife who assaulted two police officers outside Buckingham Palace is being investigated by counter-terrorism officials, British police said on Saturday.
Thousands rally for gay marriage in Australia ahead of vote
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied for marriage equality in Australia’s second-biggest city of Melbourne on Saturday ahead of a postal survey on same-sex marriage which could lead to its legalisation.
Rohingya flee for Bangladesh as fresh violence erupts in Myanmar
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/YANGON (Reuters) – About 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar had been halted at the border with Bangladesh, Bangladeshi security officials said on Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted in Myanmar’s northw…
France pledges support to stabilize post-Islamic State Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – France will help reconstruction and reconciliation efforts in Iraq as it emerges from a war against Islamic State, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday after talks with Iraqi officials in Baghdad.
U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashes off Yemen, one service member missing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during a training mission and a search was under way for one U.S. service member, the U.S. military said.
More than a thousand turn Philippine funeral to protest against war on drugs
MANILA (Reuters) – More than a thousand people attended a funeral procession on Saturday for a Philippine teenager slain by police last week, turning the march into one of the biggest protests yet against President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs…
Thailand’s ex-PM Yingluck flees to Dubai: senior party members
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
