Anti-Houthi forces advance in Yemen amid heavy Arab air strikes
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) – Local fighters and army forces in Yemen wrested two military bases from Houthi forces overnight, residents and officials said, building on a week of gains against the country’s dominant faction.
Saudi Arabia says arrests 431 Islamic State suspects, thwarts bombings
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Japan PM Abe’s support rate plummets after defense bills pass lower house
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support rate fell nearly 10 points to 37.7 percent in a poll released on Saturday, the first since his ruling bloc pushed forward legislation marking a dramatic shift in the nation’s post-war defen…
Water, power return to Syria’s Aleppo after three week cut: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Mains water and electricity have returned to large parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo following a three-week cut after rebels stopped water supplies to pressure the government, a group monitoring the war said on Saturday.
Russia’s Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine.
Rebel shelling in east Ukraine kills three civilians, soldier: Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three civilians have been killed by shelling by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s separatist eastern regions, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday, following a week of the deadliest fighting in over a month.
Protesters clash with police at Australian anti-immigration rally
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Several hundred Australian nationalists and anti-racism activists clashed with police in Melbourne on Saturday in a rare display of violence in a country where immigration is an increasingly emotive political issue.
Rights group slams China state TV report on repatriated Uighurs
BEIJING (Reuters) – An exiled minority rights group slammed a Chinese state television report on Saturday that suggested ethnic Uighurs who had been forcibly repatriated after fleeing the country had returned to a “heaven on earth”.
Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.
Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm
ATHENS (Reuters) – Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday, sending residents fleeing from flames threatening their homes.
