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…
Belgium launches twin investigations into knife attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian authorities on Saturday launched twin investigations into a knife attack they consider to be an act of terrorism and released more details of the suspect shot dead by soldiers in central Brussels.
Two militants, eight Indian police killed in year’s deadliest Kashmir attack
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley shot dead two militants after an hours-long gun battle for control of a government compound in which eight policemen were also killed, the state’s top police official said.
Finnish police release man arrested over knife attack
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police released a third man on Saturday out of seven arrested following last week’s fatal stabbings in the city of Turku.
Afghanistan’s Shi’ites call for protection after latest mosque attack
KABUL (Reuters) – Victims of the latest attack on Shi’ite Muslims in Afghanistan directed their anger squarely at the Afghan government, accusing it of failing to protect them despite repeated attacks.
