Gunmen seize four tugboat crew off eastern Malaysia
MANILA (Reuters) – Gunmen seized four Malaysian crew of a tugboat off the coast of the eastern state of Sabah, a week after a similar attack on a Taiwanese tugboat in the southern Philippines, media reported on Sunday.
‘Out’ leads by 4 percentage points ahead of Britain’s EU referendum: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Britain to leave the European Union stood at 43 percent, ahead of support to stay within the 28-member bloc, which stood at 39 percent, according to an online survey taken by pollster Opinium for the Observer newspaper.
Islamic State planted thousands of mines in Palmyra: Syrian army
PALMYRA, Syria (Reuters) – Islamic State militants retreating from Palmyra laid thousands of mines that they planned to set off simultaneously as the army moved in, a Syrian officer told Reuters in the ancient city after its recapture from the jihadist…
Niger ministers resign after presidential inauguration: radio
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s government has formally resigned to make way for a new cabinet after the re-election of President Mahamadou Issoufou, according to a statement from the government’s secretary-general read on public radio on Saturday.
Guards killed in attack on Libyan oil field by suspected IS militants: spokesman
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Two guards were killed in an attempted attack on an oil field in eastern Libya by suspected Islamic State militants on Saturday, a guards spokesman said.
EU’s Tusk says Polish government should back down on court reform
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling conservatives should take a step back in their attempted reform of the country’s top court, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Saturday as the country suffers its worst constitutional crisis in decades.
Turkey’s Erdogan says U.S. presidential candidates target Muslims
LANHAM, Maryland (Reuters) – Islamophobia is on the rise in the United States and U.S presidential candidates have targeted Muslims during the election campaign, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Central African president names PM in decree: radio
BANGUI (Reuters) – The Central African Republic’s new President Faustin-Archange Touadera has named his former campaign director as his prime minister, according to a decree read on national radio on Saturday.
U.S. plans third patrol near disputed South China Sea islands: source
(Reuters) – The U.S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third in a series of challenges that have drawn sharps rebukes from China.
Nusra Front, Syrian rebels attack government forces near Aleppo, gain ground
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front have mounted an offensive against Syrian government forces and on Saturday took a strategic hill south of Aleppo from government control, a monitoring group said.
