Paris suspect admits to being Brussels airport ‘man in hat’: prosecutors
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s federal prosecutor said on Saturday that Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini admitted to being the “man in the hat” seen accompanying two suicide bombers at Brussels airport on March 22.
Congo expels American researcher after massacre report
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have expelled a prominent American researcher weeks after he published a report linking soldiers to the massacres of civilians, the government and the researcher’s organization said on Sa…
Turkey police explode bag in Istanbul square after U.S. warns about threats
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police carried out a controlled explosion of a bag left in Istanbul’s popular Taksim square on Saturday, a Reuters witness at the scene said, hours after the U.S. embassy warned of “credible threats” to tourist areas.
Russian envoy sees no breakthrough in chilly NATO ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian relations with former Cold War adversary NATO will not improve for as long as the alliance continues a “containment policy” toward Moscow, Russia’s NATO envoy was quoted as saying on Saturday.
North Korea says leader Kim supervises test of new engine for missile
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media said on Saturday, in their latest report of advances in an arms program that has attracted U.N….
Dwindling French labor protest turns violent in Rennes
PARIS (Reuters) – Clashes broke out on Saturday between police and demonstrators in Rennes, western France as thousands took to the streets for a sixth day of nationwide protests against a draft law that seeks to loosen some labor protections.
Rebels seize Syria town from fighters loyal to Islamic State: rebels, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels seized a town in southern Syria from groups loyal to Islamic State just a day after fighters captured another town from the hardline militants in a separate insurgent assault in the north, a rebel source and a monitoring group…
Pakistani government claims 34 Baluch rebels killed in raids
QUETTA, Baluchistan (Reuters) – Pakistani paramilitary troops have killed at least 34 suspected Baluch rebels during a three day operation in the violence wracked southwestern province of Baluchistan, the government said on Saturday.
Brussels raids over, no arrests: Reuters witness
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police ended a search of an apartment complex in the central Brussels district of Etterbeek on Saturday without making arrests after having evacuated the building’s residents, a Reuters journalist at the scene said.
U.S. deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar for fight against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
