Tunisia finishes Libya border fence intended to keep out militants
SABKEHT ALYUN, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisia has completed a 200-km (125 mile) barrier along its frontier with Libya to try to keep out Islamist militants, and will soon install electronic monitoring systems, Defense Minister Farhat Hachani said on Satur…
Iraq’s water minister judges only tiny danger of Mosul dam collapse
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s minister of water resources on Saturday played down warnings that Mosul dam will collapse, estimating only a “one in a thousand” chance of failure and saying the solution was to build a new dam or install a deep concrete supp…
U.S. officials say North Korea may be nearing launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images taken this week of North Korea’s Sohae rocket launch site show apparent fueling activity seen in the past shortly before a rocket launch, a U.S. think-tank said, as U.S government officials signaled that a launch…
Suicide bomber kills nine, injures dozens, in Pakistan city of Quetta
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and 35 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military convoy in Pakistan’s western city of Quetta on Saturday, police and hospital officials said.
Syrians flee to Turkish border as Aleppo assault intensifies
BAB AL SALAMA, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian and Syrian government forces on Saturday intensified an assault on rebel-held areas around the Syrian city of Aleppo that has prompted tens of thousands to flee to the Turkish border to seek refuge.
Anti-Islam movement PEGIDA stages protests across Europe
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement staged rallies in several cities across Europe on Saturday to protest against the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
Iranian-British ex-BBC journalist is in Evin prison, relatives say
DUBAI (Reuters) – The family of an Iranian-British former BBC journalist who was detained last week in Tehran were told on Saturday that he was in the capital’s Evin prison, a friend told Reuters.
Syrian President Assad’s mother dies aged 86: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s mother, Anisa Makhlouf, has died at the age of 86, Syrian state media said on Saturday.
Austria threatens to extend border controls: newspaper
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria will extend its border controls if Turkey does not take back refugees picked up at sea on their way to Greece, Chancellor Werner Faymann said in an interview with the daily Oesterreich, being published on Sunday.
Haiti set to form transitional government to fill power vacuum
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s outgoing President Michel Martelly has reached an agreement with parliament to form a caretaker government when he leaves power this weekend without an elected successor, in a step that could calm violent protests roc…
