Migrants storm French port of Calais and board British ferry
PARIS (Reuters) – Around 200 refugees managed to break into the port of Calais in northern France on Saturday after a demonstration of support for migrants living in a slum nearby ended, enabling some of them to board the front deck of a British ferry,…
U.S. urges African leaders to sway Burundi on peacekeepers
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The United States on Saturday urged African leaders to “work behind the scenes” before their annual summit next weekend to convince Burundi to accept a deployment of international troops in the tiny African state amid festering …
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State in Iraq with 20 strikes on Friday, and also hit the militant group with four air strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
Four dead in worst Canada school shooting in decade, suspect caught
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, and VANCOUVER (Reuters) – The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada’s worst school violence in a decade first shot his two brothers at home before opening fire at the remote community high sch…
Italians rally for gay civil unions ahead of battle in parliament
ROME (Reuters) – Thousands of Italians took to the streets on Saturday in support of gay civil unions as the battle over legal recognition for homosexual couples heats up ahead of a bill to be debated in parliament.
Turkish soldier killed in operations against PKK
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A Turkish soldier was killed on Saturday in a clash between the security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern town of Cizre, the military said.
Air raids kill scores in IS-dominated Syrian provinces: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air raids killed scores of people over the past 24 hours in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor in northern and eastern Syria, which are mostly controlled by Islamic State militants, a monitoring group said on Saturday.
UK’s Cameron vows to pressure Maldives over jailed former president
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Saturday to apply pressure on the Maldives to improve the rule of law and free political prisoners after meeting the country’s former president after his temporary release from jail.
Pakistan army says deadly university attack controlled from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani army said on Saturday the four gunmen who attacked a university in northwest Pakistan were trained in Afghanistan and the assault was controlled by a Pakistani Taliban militant from a location inside Afghan…
Tunisia’s democracy will be preserved ‘whatever the cost’ – PM
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s prime minister said on Saturday that the country’s young democracy would be preserved “whatever the cost” following four days of violent job protests and riots, and that it would take time to respond to young people’s econom…
