Gunmen burn election material at Burundi polling station days ahead of vote
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen set fire to ballot papers and other material in a district polling station northeast of Burundi on Saturday, days before a parliamentary election that opposition parties have said they will boycott.
U.S., allies target Islamic State in Syria with 14 air strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and coalition forces launched 14 air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and seven in Iraq on Friday, the U.S. military said, amid reports the militant group killed 145 civilians in the town of Kobani.
Argentine judge orders seizure of Falklands drillers’ assets
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine judge ordered the seizure of assets of oil drilling companies operating in the disputed Falklands Islands on Saturday, as rhetoric heats up before October elections.
Kurds secure Syria’s Kobani as Islamic State targets northeast
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish fighters said they had fully secured the town of Kobani near the Turkish border on Saturday and killed more than 60 Islamic State militants, two days after the hardline group launched an incursion with suicide bombers….
Islamist gunmen attack western Mali town, 11 dead
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist fighters attacked a town in western Mali near the border with neighboring Mauritania before dawn on Saturday, leaving up to 11 people dead, including three soldiers and eight attackers, an army nurse said.
Most Tunisia hotel attack victims were British: Tunisia premier
TUNIS (Reuters) – Most of the 39 people killed by a gunman in the Tunisian beach hotel attack where British citizens, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid said.
France’s Fabius says three conditions still not met for Iran deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Saturday there were three conditions that Iran still needed to accept to ensure a “solid” agreement with major powers over its nuclear program.
Slacking Chinese officials to face demotion or dismissal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Underperforming Chinese officials will face demotion or lose their jobs under new rules announced by the country’s elite Politburo, state media said on Saturday.
Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Four people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said.
Iran says nuclear deal within reach if other side is reasonable: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will reach a nuclear deal with world powers so long as the other side does not make excessive demands, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying on Saturday as he arrived in Vienna for the final stage of the talk…
