Obama urges Merkel to ensure orderly EU exit deal for UK
WARSAW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged German Chancellor Angel Merkel on Saturday to ensure an orderly transition to a close relationship between Britain and the European Union once the UK leaves the EU, a White House official said.
Senior Kurdish PKK commander killed in Syria: Turkey’s Anadolu Agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group was killed in a bomb attack on a car in which he was traveling in northeast Syria, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday.
Venezuela detains suspect linked to Panama Papers law firm
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested a representative of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca at the center of the Panama Papers scandal on accusations of seeking clients interested in investing “illicit funds”, state prosecutors…
Iraqi forces say recapture airbase on way to Mosul
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces said they seized back control of a major airbase on Saturday, a staging post on their way to the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul.
Iran, criticizing Merkel, says will press on with missile program
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will press on with its missile program “with full force”, a foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying on Saturday, adding that critical comments by Germany’s leader were unhelpful.
Merkel, Erdogan try to mend ties after genocide vote
WARSAW (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany and Turkey sought on Saturday to clear the air in their first private talks since the German parliament infuriated Ankara by branding the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, but they did no…
At least 38 civilians killed in rebel fire on government-held part of Syria’s Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebel shelling into government-held parts of Syria’s second city Aleppo killed at least 38 civilians on Saturday, a war monitor said, as Syrian government forces continued their offensive to completely encircle rebel-held parts of th…
Russia says expelled two U.S. diplomats
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it had expelled two U.S. Embassy staff members in June after a similar ‘unfriendly’ move by Washington.
Afghan local police deaths drop sharply, officials say
KABUL (Reuters) – Deaths among Afghan local police forces, who bear the brunt of some of the most dangerous fighting against Taliban insurgents have dropped by around a quarter to 295 members since March 21, due to better equipment and training, offici…
China holds combat drill in the South China Sea
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese navy conducted combat drills near its southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
