At least 85 killed in Indian restaurant explosions
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 85 people were killed when a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a crowded restaurant in central India on Saturday, triggering a second blast of mining detonators stored illegally nearby, police said.
U.S., allies conduct 25 air strikes against Islamic State militants: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Friday with 22 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Saturday.
At least 16 Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi-led air strikes: medics
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 16 Yemeni civilians including ten people from a single family were killed in nationwide air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition on Saturday, medics in three provinces said.
Poland’s main parties present election promises to lure voters
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s ruling Civic Platform (PO) party and opposition Law and Justice (PiS) announced their economic programs on Saturday, vying for voters before the October parliamentary elections.
In shadow of Erdogan, Turkey’s AKP re-elects Davutoglu leader
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party re-elected Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as its chairman at a congress on Saturday where the longest shadow was cast by a politician who, officially at least, is no longer a member: President Tayyip Erdogan….
Saudi Arabia blames winds for deadly crane collapse, opens investigation
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday.
Turkish civilian dies after shooting at restaurant in Kurdish area
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A civilian shot by suspected Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey died from his wounds on Saturday, officials said, the latest casualty of the worst violence the region has seen in two decades.
Marx admirer Corbyn elected UK opposition Labour leader
LONDON (Reuters) – Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party on Saturday, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour pr…
Two British women killed in Indian train derailment
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two British women were killed and 11 people injured on Saturday after three carriages of an Indian tourist train derailed on its way to the Himalayan city of Shimla, a railways spokesman said.
OSCE says Azerbaijan restrictions make poll monitoring impossible
BAKU (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said it will not monitor Azerbaijan’s November parliamentary election because restrictions imposed by authorities have rendered credible poll monitoring impossible.
