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.
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.”
