Militants, guards clash near Libya’s Brega port, oil commander wounded: sources
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants clashed with a Libyan force guarding oil ports near Brega terminal on Saturday, killing one guard and wounding four including Ibrahim Jathran, leader of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), security …
Turkey detains six in raid against Islamic State in Konya: governor
ANKARA (Reuters) – Six foreign nationals were taken into custody in an overnight raid against Islamic State in the central Anatolian city of Konya, a statement from its governorship said on Saturday.
Libya’s NOC says eastern government tried to export 650,000 barrels: statement
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said the country’s eastern government attempted to export 650,000 barrels of oil this week, but that workers at the Marsa el-Hariga terminal had refused to load the shipment.
China regulator reprimands 15 publishers for false reports: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s media regulator has said it has uncovered false reports at 15 domestic news organizations, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Australian police to investigate submarine tender leak: ABC
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police are investigating how confidential information about the outcome of a tender process for Australia’s next submarine fleet was leaked to the media, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.
China, U.S. pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China and the United States, the world’s top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, pledged on Friday to formally adopt by the end of the year a Paris deal to slow global warming, raising the prospects of it being enforced mu…
Brazil’s Rousseff may appeal to Mercosur if impeached illegally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff denounced her impeachment as a “coup” to an international audience on Friday, and said she would appeal to the Mercosur bloc of South American nations for Brazil to be suspended if democratic proc…
Obama exhorts Britain to stay in EU, warns on trade if it leaves
LONDON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a bold intervention into the politics of Washington’s closest ally on Friday, exhorting Britons to stay in the EU and warning that if they left they would be at “the back of the queue” for a U.S. trade dea…
U.S. to buy heavy water from Iran’s nuclear program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will buy heavy water from Iran’s nuclear program and expects it to be delivered within weeks, U.S. officials said on Friday, a move that Republican lawmakers quickly criticized.
Quake toll reaches more than 600 as aftershocks spook Ecuador
PEDERNALES/PORTOVIEJO (Reuters) – The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 602 people on Friday, as dozens of aftershocks shook cities and towns around the country, spooking residents but causing no further damage.
