Police in Catalonia hunt for hidden ballot boxes in bid to foil referendum
MADRID (Reuters) – Armed police in Spain have raided several print works and newspaper offices in Catalonia in recent days in a hunt for voting papers, ballot boxes and leaflets to be used in an Oct. 1 independence referendum which Madrid vehemently op…
Ukraine PM says gas price review wanted by IMF is underway
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, said on Saturday the government was reviewing the way it sets domestic gas bills to make sure market prices are taken into account – a bid to answer demands under a $17.5-billion IMF aid pr…
British police arrest man in hunt for London bombers
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern port of Dover on Saturday in a “significant” development in the hunt for the people behind a London commuter train bombing that injured 30 people a day earlier.
Iraqi forces attack Islamic State in Syria border area
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi armed forces said on Saturday they had started an offensive to dislodge Islamic State from a border area holding some of the militants’ last towns in the country.
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ill after meeting, airlifted to hospital: party source
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai suffered severe vomiting after a party meeting and was airlifted from Harare to a Johannesburg hospital, a senior party source said on Saturday.
UK’s Boris Johnson reignites leadership speculation with Brexit plan
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson set out his plans for a “glorious” Brexit in a lengthy newspaper article on Saturday that angered colleagues and reignited speculation he would challenge Prime Minister Theresa May for the lead…
Air strikes hit U.S.-backed militia in Syria’s Deir al-Zor – SDF
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government or Russian air strikes targeted U.S.-backed Syrian militias in Deir al-Zor province at dawn on Saturday, a militia official told Reuters.
Iraq announces offensive on Islamic State in Syria border area
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi armed forces said on Saturday they had started an offensive to dislodge Islamic State from an area on the border with Syria south of the Euphrates river.
Australia’s Turnbull defends ‘religious freedom’ amid gay marriage poll
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a strong supporter of gay marriage, defended the right of a church to refuse to marry a young couple who had posted support for same-sex unions on social media.
British police hunt for London train bomb suspects
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain deployed hundreds of soldiers at strategic sites on Saturday to free up police to hunt those behind a bomb which injured 29 people on a packed commuter train in London and triggered the country’s highest security level.
