Portugal’s deputy PM confident of majority for ruling coalition
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s center-right government is confident of winning an absolute majority in next month’s national election, the deputy prime minister said, with voters keen to avoid returning to the economic instability that forced the countr…
Russia’s Putin welcomes Ukraine ceasefire
CHERSONEUS, Crimea (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday it was welcome that fighting had stopped in eastern Ukraine, a change in rhetoric compared to his previous accusations against Ukraine for violating a ceasefire.
Karl Marx admirer Corbyn rides socialist wave to lead Britain’s Labour Party
LONDON (Reuters) – Uncorking the spirit of British socialism was the masterstroke that handed Jeremy Corbyn the Labour Party’s top job but he now faces a much bigger challenge — convincing voters that an admirer of Karl Marx should be Britain’s next p…
Syria says two Russian aid planes arrive in country
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two Russian planes carrying 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrived at an airport in Syria’s city of Latakia on Saturday, Syrian state media reported.
Armenian police end latest protest against electricity price rise
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Police in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Saturday briefly detained around 50 people who had been blocking the main avenue in protest at higher electricity prices, a day after thousands demonstrated against the price hike.
I’d house a refugee family if it didn’t encourage others: Orban
BERLIN (Reuters) – Hungary’s leader Viktor Orban, who has drawn criticism for his tough stance on migrants, told a German newspaper that he would take a refugee family into his own home if he was sure that this would not encourage others to make the jo…
Burundi president urges military unity after failed plot to kill army chief
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Burundi’s president has urged the African nation’s military to stay united after a failed assassination attempt against the army chief.
Egypt’s president asks oil minister to form new cabinet after government resigns
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday asked Oil Minister Sherif Ismail to form a new cabinet within one week after the government submitted its resignation, a statement from the presidency said.
Seventeen killed in Zambian bus crash – police
LUSAKA (Reuters) – At least 17 people died when a bus and lorry collided west of the Zambian capital Lusaka on Saturday, police said.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric condemns kidnapping of Turkish workers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric on Saturday condemned the abduction of 18 Turkish workers from Baghdad last week after the release of a video showed the hostages held by Shi’ite gunmen who threatened to attack Turkish interests.
