Afghan Taliban divided as talks between two factions fail
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban may split into two factions, said a spokesman for one group on Saturday, because they cannot agree who should be leader following the death of their founder.
Campaigning over, Greeks prepare to vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – A political calm before the storm enveloped election-weary Greece on Saturday with all campaigning and polling suspended ahead of Sunday’s vote, which promised to be tight and possibly indecisive.
Anti-coup protests in Burkina amid crisis talks
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters burned tyres and erected barricades in the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday in a third day of unrest since a military coup ousted the country’s interim government.
U.S. says Assad must go, timing down to negotiation
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiation.
Hundreds of Thais defy protest ban in anti-junta march
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists defied a ban on protests and marched in Thailand’s capital on Saturday in a rare rally against the hard-line ruling military.
Egypt’s Sisi swears in new government, keeps ministers in key posts
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence.
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after rocket fire
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militants there fired rockets into southern Israel.
Refugee journey: A tough welcome in Germany
Reuters photographer Zohra Bensemra is following a group of families fleeing the war in Syria and seeking a new life in Europe. This report comes from Rosenheim, in southern Germany.
Croatia says ‘forcing’ Hungary to take in migrants
BELI MANASTIR, Croatia/BEREMEND, Hungary (Reuters) – Croatia said on Saturday it had “forced” Hungary to take in thousands of migrants and would continue sending them to its northern neighbor, amid deepening discord and disarray in Europe over the biggest westwards migration in decades.
Putin gives go-ahead to Belarus airbase plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed the establishment of an airbase in neighboring Belarus, the latest move by Moscow to project its military power abroad.
