France’s Sarkozy outlines measures to get tough on militants- report
PARIS (Reuters) – France needs to get tough on militants by creating special courts and detention facilities to boost security, the country’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a interview published in Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD…
U.S.-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages
AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to rebels’ doubts that any cea…
Israel attacks Syrian post after stray shell crosses border
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft attacked a Syrian artillery post on Saturday after a stray shell from fighting in Syria’s civil war landed inside the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Israel’s military said.
Bangladeshi police kill militant suspected in cafe attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi police on Saturday shot dead a suspected militant who they believe played a key role in an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the national police chief said.
Venezuela opposition says blocked from meeting near summit
CARACAS (Reuters) – The leader of Venezuela’s opposition-led parliament accused President Nicolas Maduro’s government on Saturday of blocking legislators from Margarita island for a session alongside this week’s Non-Aligned Movement summit.
Rescuers bring 2,300 boat migrants to safety from Mediterranean
MILAN (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled 2,300 migrants to safety on Saturday in 18 separate rescue operations in the Mediterranean coordinated by the Italian coast guard.
Explosions in and around Baghdad kill 12: police, medical sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Five explosions in and around Baghdad killed at least 12 people on Saturday and wounded 27 others, police and medical sources said.
Several killed by earthquake in Tanzania: president’s office
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Several people were killed when an earthquake measuring 5.7 hit northwest Tanzania on Saturday, the president’s office said, with a local newspaper putting the death toll at 10.
German conservatives face poll losses unless Merkel shifts, CSU says
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), a critic of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s welcoming refugee policies, said on Saturday the two sister parties face election defeats if they remain at odds over migration…
Brazil’s ousted AG says government tries to stifle graft probe: magazine
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s new government is trying to stifle a corruption investigation targeting politicians and major parties, the former attorney general said in a magazine interview a day after being replaced by President Michel Temer.
