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.
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.
