East European leaders in war of words as migrants pour across borders
BELI MANASTIR/HARMICA, Croatia (Reuters) – Hungary and Croatia traded threats on Saturday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity.
Burkina to return to civilian rule after coup, mediator says
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso will reinstate an interim government led by President Michel Kafando, Benin’s leader Thomas Boni Yayi said on Saturday, in what would be a victory for the street over army coup leaders.
U.S. reports 17 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition carried out 17 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.
Greeks vote on whether to give leftists another chance
ATHENS (Reuters) – Alexis Tsipras, the firebrand Greek leftist who lost his bitter fight with Europe’s establishment to end its harsh economic austerity against his country, seeks re-election on Sunday a month after he resigned as prime minister.
Venezuela’s opposition protests ‘wicked’ Lopez sentence
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition staged small protests in the country’s main cities on Saturday to decry the near 14-year jail sentence handed to politician Leopoldo Lopez and galvanize support for the December parliamentary elections they ar…
Afghan Taliban divided as talks between two factions fail
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban may split into two factions, said a spokesman for one group on Saturday, because they cannot agree who should be leader following the death of their founder.
Campaigning over, Greeks prepare to vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – A political calm before the storm enveloped election-weary Greece on Saturday with all campaigning and polling suspended ahead of Sunday’s vote, which promised to be tight and possibly indecisive.
Anti-coup protests in Burkina amid crisis talks
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters burned tyres and erected barricades in the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday in a third day of unrest since a military coup ousted the country’s interim government.
U.S. says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiation.
Hundreds of Thais defy protest ban in anti-junta march
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists defied a ban on protests and marched in Thailand’s capital on Saturday in a rare rally against the hard-line ruling military.
