Australians swing against ruling coalition in knife-edge election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia was headed for a hung parliament or a minority government with more than half the votes counted in a national poll on Saturday, potentially blocking Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s ability to enact key economic reforms.
French ex-PM Rocard, pro-EU but an early backer of Brexit, dies
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard, who two years ago urged Britons to leave the European Union before they destroyed it, died on Saturday at the age of 85, nine days after Britain voted to follow his advice.
Blast injures 15 Bosnian coal miners: witnesses
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A blast injured 15 miners on Saturday in a coal mine in the central Bosnian town of Travnik that supplies the country’s largest power utility, witnesses and police said.
Sarkozy sets up French presidential bid by quitting party role
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced plans to quit his role as head of France’s Les Republicains party on Saturday, setting up a potential bid to become head of state for a second time.
Bahrain rights group calls for probe into woman’s death
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain should mount an “impartial” investigation into the death of a woman in what the government said was a bombing on Thursday after conflicting stories emerged about how it occurred, a local human rights group said on Saturday.
Thirty killed in Syrian strikes on Damascan suburb town: monitor
AMMAN (Reuters) – Intensive Syrian air strikes on Saturday killed at least 30 civilians in a Damascan suburb town northeast of the city a day after the reported execution of a Syrian air force pilot, a monitor and rebels said.
Serbian man kills five, injures 22, in cafe shooting
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Five people were killed and another 22 were wounded early on Saturday when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and opened fire with an assault rifle, police said.
U.S. accuses Russian warship of aggressive maneuvers near U.S. navy ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian warship carried out aggressive and erratic maneuvers close to a U.S. Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the second such Cold War-style incident there in a matter of weeks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
EU security must not be damaged by Brexit: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union should make sure in negotiations with Britain that security in the bloc is not adversely affected by a Brexit, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio.
Erdogan’s lawyer says has acted to get entire poem mocking Erdogan banned
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s lawyer said on Saturday he had filed a complaint in a bid to get a satirical poem mocking his client banned in its entirety after a court issued a preliminary ruling in May banning re-publication of…
