Swiss halt search for landslide victims as more rockfalls expected
BONDO, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swiss officials on Saturday called off a search for eight people missing since a huge landslide struck near the border with Italy, acknowledging they were likely to be buried under millions of tons of rock.
Houthis and Saleh forces clash in Sanaa, at least two dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least two people were killed on Saturday when supporters of Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh clashed with Houthi fighters in Sanaa, marking unprecedented violence within the alliance fighting a Saudi-led coalition.
U.S. journalist among 19 killed in South Sudan fighting: rebels
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A United States citizen working in South Sudan as a freelance journalist was among 19 people killed on Saturday during fighting between government troops and rebels in Yei River state, the rebels and the military said.
Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona to show unity after Islamist attacks
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona in a show of unity on Saturday evening amid chants of ‘I am not afraid’ after two Islamist militant attacks in the Spanish region of Catalonia last week left 15 dead.
Saudi-led force admits strike in Yemen’s capital hit civilians
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi-led Arab coalition on Saturday conceded that an air raid in Yemen’s capital a day earlier had resulted in civilian casualties, blaming the incident on an unspecified “technical error”.
Venezuelan army, civil militias hold exercises after Trump threat
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela held nationwide armed forces exercises on Saturday, calling on civilians to join reserve units to defend against a possible attack after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a “military option” was on the table for the …
Italy’s interior minister meets Libyan mayors over people smuggling
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti met Libyan mayors on Saturday to renew a commitment to fight people trafficking as part of an agreement signed earlier this year between Rome and Tripoli.
After Yemeni air strike, little girl is family’s only survivor
SANAA (Reuters) – Her bruised eyes still swollen shut, Buthaina Muhammad Mansour, believed to be four or five, doesn’t yet know that her parents, five siblings and uncle were killed when an air strike flattened their home in Yemen’s capital.
Syrian army, allies advance against Islamic State in central Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and allied forces have captured one of the last major Islamic State enclaves in the central Syrian desert, a monitor and a Hezbollah military media unit said on Saturday.
Defiant Merkel takes on protestors at rowdy campaign rally
QUEDLINBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel stood up to rowdy protestors who tried to drown out her campaign speech with deafening jeers and whistles in the eastern town of Quedlinburg on Saturday, telling them that their angry shouts wou…
