Merkel to run for fourth term in 2017: Der Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has governed Germany since 2005, has decided to run for a fourth term and has started planning her 2017 re-election campaign, Der Spiegel news magazine said on Saturday in an unsourced report.
Myanmar leader goes to disaster zones as floods batter countryside
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s president headed to devastated rural regions where a state of emergency was declared after deadly monsoon rains displaced tens of thousands of people, flooded swathes of rice paddy and prompted fears of dams collapsing.
Dutch activists call for Caribbean Netherlands to adopt gay rights
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – As a rainbow-colored flotilla paraded through Amsterdam’s canals for the city’s annual Gay Pride festival on Saturday, one float carried a sobering reminder that gay rights do not extend to all in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Eleven Colombian military personnel killed in plane crash
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of Cesar, killing all on board, according to a statement from the Air Force.
Iran’s parliament has no power over nuclear deal, top negotiator says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament does not have authority over the nuclear agreement signed with world powers last month, the Islamic Republic’s top nuclear negotiator was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Russia’s Lavrov to meet U.S., Saudi counterparts in Qatar
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will hold a three-way meeting with his U.S. and Saudi counterparts, John Kerry and Adel al-Jubeir, during a working visit to Qatar on Aug. 2 and 3, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Venezuela supermarket looting leaves one dead, dozens detained
CARACAS (Reuters) – One person was killed and dozens were detained following looting of supermarkets in Venezuela’s southeastern city of Ciudad Guayana on Friday morning, according to Venezuelan authorities.
On Army Day, China warns of growing border security risks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military warned on Saturday on its founding anniversary of growing risks along its borders, including in the disputed waters of the South and East China Seas.
Accused Russian Taliban depicted in U.S. court as assault mastermind
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Accused Taliban fighter Irek Hamidullin, the first military prisoner from Afghanistan to be tried in U.S. federal court, was portrayed by prosecutors and testimony Friday as the commander behind an attack on U.S. and Afghan fo…
Recovered plane debris flown to France for checks
ST DENIS, Reunion (Reuters) – Plane debris which washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion and is thought to belong to the vanished Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was flown to France on Friday for checks officials hope could provide some insight in…
