Bahrain to try top Shi’ite cleric for money laundering
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini cleric will go on trial next month on charges of collecting funds illegally and money laundering, the public prosecutor said on Saturday.
Flight recorder on EgyptAir MS804 indicates fire before crash
CAIRO (Reuters) – Audio from the flight recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 mentions a fire on board the plane in its final moments, the investigation committee said on Saturday, confirming what sources on the committee had previously told Reuter…
Turkey’s bungled putsch: a strangely 20th century coup
ANKARA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – It was a strangely 20th century coup, defeated by 21st century technology and people power.
Info blackout in India-controlled Kashmir in bid to curb unrest
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir seized newspapers and shut down cable television on Saturday, aiming to quell a flare up of tensions in the region which has seen violent protests over the killing of a separatist com…
Kerry says creative leadership needed for best Brexit outcome
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that creative leadership was needed to bring the best possible outcome from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union.
From idealism to disillusion, the shifting profile of Islamist attackers
PARIS (Reuters) – As authorities investigate the motives for a mass killing claimed by Islamic State in Nice late Thursday, analysts say the case appears to highlight a shift in the profile of those launching attacks in the name of hardline Islamist gr…
Brazil deports Franco-Algerian physicist convicted in past terror plot
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil has deported the Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist Adlene Hicheur, who was convicted in 2012 for his involvement in a French terror plot, after rejecting a request for an extension to his work visa, the Justice Ministr…
Rescuers save 366 migrants from boats in Mediterranean, 20 reported dead
ROME (Reuters) – Rescuers saved 366 migrants from rickety boats trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy but at least 20 people were reported to have drowned, Italian police said on Saturday.
Pakistani social media star allegedly strangled by brother in ‘honor killing’
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Qandeel Baloch, a social media star whose exploits divided opinion in conservative Pakistan, was allegedly strangled by her brother in what appears to be an “honor killing”, police and her family said on Saturday.
Guinea-Bissau Court throws out challenge to PM nomination
BISSAU (Reuters) – The Supreme Court in Guinea-Bissau has upheld the nomination of Prime Minister Baciro Dja, bolstering President Jose Mario Vaz in a power struggle with a rival former prime minister.
