Egypt’s former agriculture minister to face trial on corruption charges: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s former agriculture minister Salah El Din Mahmoud Helal will face trial on charges of corruption in a criminal court after prosecutors referred his case there, judicial sources said on Saturday.
Afghanistan says Taliban fighters marooned on river island
KABUL (Reuters) – Dozens of Taliban fighters were stranded on a river island on the border between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan on Saturday after fleeing army troops led by the Afghan vice president, the government said, though the Taliban denied they …
Lebanon’s Hezbollah takes aim at Saudi Arabia on Ashura
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Supporters of Lebanon’s Iran-allied Shi’ite group Hezbollah chanted “Death to the Saud family” as their leader railed against Sunni-led Saudi Arabia on Saturday in a sign of deepening hostility towards the U.S.-allied kingdom.
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Flights between Russia and Ukraine will be terminated on Sunday after the countries exchanged sanctions against their airlines amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine.
Venezuela prosecutor who accused Lopez flees country: report
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state prosecutor who helped lead charges against opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has fled the country and accused the socialist government of pressing him to use false evidence to unfairly condemn Lopez, local media re…
New deputy of Germany’s IG Metall says good work won her fans
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Christiane Benner has to think long and hard about how she became the most powerful woman in German trade unionism.
Maldives vice president arrested in probe of explosion targeting president
MALE (Reuters) – Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adheeb was arrested on Saturday in a probe over a speedboat explosion targeting President Abdulla Yameen, police and government officials told Reuters.
Russia says kills Islamic State-linked militant in Dagestan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed a militant linked to Islamic State in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan early on Saturday, the government’s Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAK) said, according to news agencies.
Several Yemeni fishermen killed in Saudi-led strikes: witnesses
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed, including several fishermen, when Saudi-led coalition strikes hit two Yemeni islands on the Red Sea overnight, several locals said on Saturday.
U.S. patrols to raise stakes with Beijing in disputed South China Sea
HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. plans to send warships or military aircraft within 12 nautical miles of China’s artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, possibly within days, could open a tense new front in Sino-U.S. rivalry.
