Algerian president returns home after French medical checks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has returned home after a brief visit to France for routine medical checkups, the presidency said in a statement carried by the APS state news service on Saturday.
Russia says U.S. refused guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has received an official refusal from the U.S. government to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday, citing Russia’s Finance Ministry.
Three Turkish security officers killed in clashes with Kurd militants
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Three members of the Turkish security forces were killed on Saturday in clashes with militants in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, security forces said.
Report links Paris militant group to Britain, police cautious
LONDON (Reuters) – The militant network behind last month’s attacks in Paris had links to people in Britain, the Wall Street Journal has said in a report that British police described on Saturday as “speculative”.
U.N. envoy arrives in Yemen’s Aden to advance peace talks
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Yemen met President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday to discuss prospects for peace talks between his embattled Aden-based government and Houthi forces, the president’s office said.
British bombers hit oil field targets in Syria for second time
LONDON (Reuters) – British bombers made their second round of strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria late on Friday, again hitting oil fields, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.
India bolsters Chennai flood relief, residents criticize slow response
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – India deployed hundreds of extra soldiers and relief workers to the flooded city of Chennai on Saturday, as residents said the government has been too slow to respond to the havoc wrought by the heaviest rains in a century.
Turkish energy projects unharmed by row with Russia, says Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s row with Moscow over the downing of a Russian jet over Syria has not affected joint energy projects, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Slovak PM Fico pledges security, welfare to secure third term in office
NITRA, Slovakia (Reuters) – Slovakia’s leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico promised to protect voters from international terrorism and unveiled a billion euro welfare plan on Saturday as he launched campaign for a third term in office.
Pursuing transparency, Vatican orders external audit of assets
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Saturday it had ordered the first external audit of its assets as part of a drive by Pope Francis to bring transparency to its finances where millions of euros have gone unrecorded without any central oversi…
