U.S. Navy leads 30-nation maritime exercise in Middle East
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international trade routes against possible threats, including from Islamic State and al Qaeda.
Spain police find hidden weapons cache, Islamic State flag
MADRID (Reuters) – Police said on Saturday they had discovered a hidden weapons cache and a home-made Islamic State flag in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, and are investigating a possible connection to Islamist militants.
Suspected Al Qaeda militants execute 17 Yemeni government soldiers
ADEN (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen seized and executed 17 soldiers loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday, local officials and residents said.
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…
