China to deport foreign tourists after ‘Genghis Khan video’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will deport nine foreign tourists whom it detained last weekend, apparently after some of them they watched a documentary on Genghis Khan in their hotel room, a spokesman for two of the tourists said on Saturday.
Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday.
Former governor dies while on trial for Philippine journalist massacre
MANILA (Reuters) – The main suspect on trial for the 2009 mass murder of a rival family and journalists in the southern Philippines died late Friday, a lawyer and family members said.
Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday.
South Africa trains collide, over 200 injured
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Over 200 people were injured on Friday when a passenger train traveling near Johannesburg slammed into the back of another train, said Russel Meiring, an emergency services spokesman.
Mexico arrests seven officials over escape of drug kingpin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican Attorney General’s office said on Friday it had arrested seven officials over suspected involvement in the jail break of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Yemen’s exiled government says Aden ‘liberated’, Houthis expelled
ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters completed their offensive to retake the southern city of Aden from the Houthi militia on Friday, residents said, as fighting in one main district subsided.
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.
Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 29…
German lawmakers back Greek bailout despite rebellion; Tsipras sacks dissenters
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers gave their go-ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, but a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that the alternative was chaos failed to prevent a hefty rebellion in her own party…
