Eight Indian police officials dead, 20 injured in Kashmir militant attack
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Militants killed eight Indian police officials and injured 20 when they attacked a security convoy in northern Jammu & Kashmir state on Saturday, a police spokesman said, in an attack claimed by Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Syrian or Russian air strikes kill dozens in eastern Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes carried out by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed dozens of people in eastern Syria on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported.
Irish unity vote for later, not now: foreign minister
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The future unification of Ireland would be in the best interests of its citizens, but holding a referendum while the British government is negotiating its exit from the EU would only cause division, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Fla…
Starved of resources, UK’s most deprived town pins hopes on Brexit
OLDHAM, England (Reuters) – The son of Pakistani immigrants, Sajaad Ahmed voted to leave the European Union because he sees only one way to reverse a decades-long dwindling of resources in Britain’s most deprived town: curb immigration.
Russian court orders arrest of governor suspected of taking bribe: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court ordered on Saturday that Nikita Belykh, the governor of the Kirov region, should be taken into custody for two months, TASS news agency reported.
Founding EU members tell Britain: let’s get this divorce done
BERLIN (Reuters) – The six founding members of the European Union sent a clear message to Britain on Saturday to leave the bloc as soon as possible after Britons voted to quit in the biggest blow to the project since World War Two.
After Islamist attacks, Tunisia’s tourism struggles
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – A year after 39 mostly British holidaymakers were gunned down on a beach in Sousse, Tunisia’s tourist industry is still struggling to recover from the attack and an earlier Islamic State raid on a museum in Tunis.
Debris in Tanzania to be examined for link to missing MH370: report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A new piece of debris found in Tanzania will be examined for a possible link to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Malaysian state news agency Bernama cited the country’s transport minister as saying on Saturday.
Slovakian far right party launches petition for referendum on EU membership
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s far right People’s Party launched a petition for a referendum on the country’s EU membership on Saturday, the latest state to see a challenge following Britain’s vote to leave the bloc.
Turkey detains 28 people over alleged financial links to cleric Gulen: Dogan agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 28 people on Saturday over allegations of funding the movement of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a foe of President Tayyip Erdogan, the privately-owned Dogan News Agency reported.
