Designer Carolina Herrera laments murder of nephew in Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela-born fashion designer Carolina Herrera on Saturday lamented the killing of her nephew in the crisis-torn country, in what authorities called an apparent kidnapping.
Thousands of Tunisians march against corruption amnesty law
TUNIS (Reuters) – Several thousand Tunisians marched through central Tunis on Saturday to protest against a bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption when autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali was in power.
UK Conservatives have 18 point lead over Labour: Comres poll
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party has an 18 point lead over the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a June 8 national election, according to an opinion poll conducted by Comres for the Sunday Mirror and the In…
Light aircraft crashes in Bosnia, five dead: police
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Five people, including three children, were killed in Bosnia on Saturday when a light aircraft they were traveling in crashed near the southern town of Mostar, police said.
Syrian army regains control of airport in northern Syria from Islamic State
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army has taken full control of a small airbase in the eastern Aleppo countryside that had been held by Islamic State, helped by heavy aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian airforces, pro-state media and an army source said o…
South Sudan’s opposition groups agree to work together against government
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Seven South Sudanese opposition groups, including that of rebel leader Riek Machar, said on Saturday they had agreed to work closely in their bid to oust President Salva Kiir’s government, as the civil war drags on in the oil-produc…
Poll gives UK Conservatives big lead ahead of June election
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party maintained a strong lead over the main opposition Labour Party, ahead of a June 8 national election, according to an ORB opinion poll for The Telegraph.
Jordanian stabs Israeli police officer, shot dead: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Jordanian citizen stabbed and wounded an Israeli police officer who then shot him dead in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, Israeli police said, the latest in a string of street attacks.
Merkel says wants close cooperation with France’s Macron
AACHEN, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she wanted close cooperation with French President-elect Emmanuel Macron and that their two countries would do everything to shape European policy.
Bus crash kills 17 in southwest Turkey tourist town
ANKARA (Reuters) – Seventeen people were killed and 13 injured when a bus carrying Turkish tourists crashed near the southwestern holiday town of Marmaris, a local governor said on Saturday.
