U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military target…
Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures dozens more
DHAKA (Reuters) – A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh killed at least 23 people and injured dozens on Saturday, in the country’s worst industrial accident since the Rana Plaza building collapse of 2013 in which over 1,100 peo…
EU to double emergency aid for refugees stuck in Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union will more than double emergency aid to Greece in order to improve living conditions for refugees and migrants who have been stranded in the country for months.
Germany warns of threat from more than 500 ‘potential attackers’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic militants who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of “hit teams.”
Russia’s Putin inaugurates $2 billion Moscow railway project
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday inaugurated a $2 billion Moscow railway ring project that is opening for passengers just before parliamentary elections.
Iran, Russia start construction of new Iranian nuclear plant
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran began building a second nuclear plant with Russian help on Saturday, in a $10 billion project which follows Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers last year, state media reported.
Prominent journalist, academic held in Turkey coup probe: reports
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities detained a prominent journalist and his brother, a well-known academic, on Saturday as part of investigations into a failed coup attempt in July they blame on followers of a U.S.-based Turkish cleric.
Afghan security forces plan push to relieve besieged provincial capital
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan forces backed by air strikes are preparing a new offensive to clear Taliban militants encircling the capital of Afghanistan’s province of Uruzgan, where the two sides have fought bitter clashes, officials said o…
Islamic State twin suicide bombings at Baghdad mall kill 12
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twelve people were killed late on Friday in two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State at a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.
Fiji detains leaders of opposition parties, trade union official
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Authorities in Fiji on Saturday detained the leaders of two opposition parties and a senior trade union official after they took part in an event critical of the Pacific island nation’s constitution, an opposition party official s…
