Banging on empty pots, Venezuelans protest food shortages
CARACAS (Reuters) – Banging empty pots and brandishing signs saying “only the government is growing fatter,” Venezuelan activists in Caracas on Saturday protested food shortages in the crisis-stricken country.
Qatar says six of its soldiers wounded on Saudi-Yemeni border
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar said on Saturday that six of its soldiers were wounded on the Saudi border with Yemen while serving in a Saudi-led military coalition fighting against the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
Rebellion in prison for teens in Brazil leaves seven dead: report
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A riot at a youth prison in northeastern Brazil has left seven inmates dead, Globo television said on Saturday, citing local authorities.
Civilians killed while fleeing Islamic State in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The bodies of dozens of civilians killed in the past two days while fleeing an Islamic State-held neighborhood in Mosul lay on Saturday in a street close to the frontline with Iraqi armed forces, a Reuters TV crew reported.
Germany’s Gabriel looking to normalize Ankara ties on Turkey trip
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Saturday he wants to use to a trip to Turkey on Monday to try to “normalize” relations with Ankara after a series of rows with the NATO partner.
Residents shield Christians in bold exodus from Philippines city
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – More than 160 civilians walked out of the besieged Philippines city of Marawi just after dawn on Saturday, deceiving Islamist fighters they encountered by hiding the identity of the many Christians among them.
Deadly blasts hit funeral mourners after protests in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A series of blasts in Kabul on Saturday killed at least 19 people at a funeral for one of the victims of clashes between police and protesters a day before.
Kurdish YPG says ‘major operation’ on Syria’s Raqqa to start in days
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed operation by Syrian forces to capture Islamic State’s Syrian “capital” of Raqqa will start in the next “few days”, the spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Saturday.
Syrian army advance helps secure Aleppo road
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army said on Saturday it had seized mountainous territory from Islamic State to the east of the road linking Damascus to Aleppo, helping to secure a critical lifeline for the government that has often come under IS attack….
Seizing of Philippines city by Islamist militants a wake-up call for Southeast Asia
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – At the beginning of the battle that has raged for the past 12 days in Marawi City at the southern end of the Philippines, dozens of Islamist militants stormed its prison, overwhelming the guards.
