Tunisia lawmakers vote to dismiss prime minister
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian lawmakers voted on Saturday to dismiss Prime Minister Habib Essid from office during a no-confidence ballot in parliament, clearing the way for a new government that must push through delayed economic reforms.
Many Islamic State leaders trying to flee to Syria: Iraqi minister
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Many Islamic State leaders have fled Mosul with their families toward Syria ahead of a planned offensive by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on the city, Iraq’s defense minister said on Saturday.
Scores of families leave besieged Aleppo under Russia-Damascus plan
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 150 civilians, mostly women and children, left besieged eastern parts of Aleppo through a safety zone that Moscow and its Syrian ally say they have set up to evacuate people trapped in opposition-held areas.
UNICEF pledges continued aid effort in Nigeria after convey attack
LAGOS (Reuters) – United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said it is continuing its aid work in northeastern Nigeria, a former stronghold of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, despite an attack on a humanitarian convoy earlier this week.
Pope condemns ‘wave of terror,’ urges young people to shun indifference
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the “devastating wave of terrorism” and war that has hit the world and urged a huge crowd of young people not to be indifferent to the suffering of others.
UK’s May worried by China investment, intervened to delay Hinkley
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was concerned about the security implications of a planned Chinese investment in the new Hinkley Point nuclear plant and intervened personally to delay the project, a former colleague and a source s…
Russia says spyware found in state computer networks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s intelligence service said on Saturday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defense companies, have been infected with spyware in what it described as a targeted and coordinated attack….
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes off Greece’s Crete: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete in Greece on Saturday the United States Geological Survey reported.
Masked attackers target religious devotees in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – Masked attackers stormed a religious meeting place in southwest Bangladesh, cutting off the long hair of the worshippers, police said on Saturday.
EU’s Juncker sees ‘great risk’ to migrant deal with Turkey: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is concerned that a deal struck with Turkey in March on handling a wave of migrants bound for Europe could collapse, he told an Austrian newspaper.
