Putin tells G20 partners Russia did not interfere in U.S. vote: Russian G20 sherpa
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has told leaders at the G20 summit that Russia has never interfered in the U.S. election, Russian G20 sherpa Svetlana Lukash said on Twitter on Saturday.
U.N. deputy Syria envoy hopeful for southwest ceasefire deal
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A ceasefire deal agreed for southwestern Syria is a positive development that could help prop up the political process aimed at ending the country’s six-year war, the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria said on Saturday.
Seven killed in disputed Kashmir in cross-border shelling
MUZAFFARABAD/SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Seven people were killed on Saturday in the disputed Kashmir region in cross-border shelling by both Pakistan and India, officials on both sides of the frontier said.
Granted house arrest, Venezuela opposition leader vows to fight on
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s best-known jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez celebrated a surprise return to his family after being granted house arrest on Saturday with a promise to fight on following three years’ imprisonment for leading anti-g…
China’s Xi urges Japan to put aside ‘distractions’ in relations
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday to put aside “distractions” that have strained bilateral ties and warned that China was unwilling to compromise on Taiwan, state news agency Xinhua sa…
Suspected Islamist militants behead nine men in Kenya
MOMBASA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants beheaded nine men in an overnight attack on a village in the Kenyan coastal district of Lamu, police said, days after Somali militants killed three policemen in an attack on a nearby village.
U.S. isolated on climate at summit of world leaders
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Leaders from the world’s leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.
Hospital says Chinese dissident Liu’s cancer is in final stages
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese hospital treating sick Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said on Saturday that his cancer is in the final stages and that a German and U.S. doctor had seen him and offered “full approval” of their treatment of him.
Kremlin says steps needed for genuine ceasefire in Ukraine
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Measures are needed that will lead to a genuine ceasefire in Ukraine, and implementation of the Minsk agreements to end the conflict there has been too slow, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
Equipment failings hampered London tower block fire rescue: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – The firefighters who battled an inferno at a London apartment block that killed at least 80 people last month were hindered by equipment failings including the lack of a high ladder, the BBC reported on Saturday.
