Nearly 200 injured amid fire explosion in Taiwan: media
TAIPEI (Reuters) – About 200 people were injured after a fire suspected to have stemmed from the explosion of an unknown flammable powder occurred in a recreational park in northern Taiwan, local media reported on Saturday.
Disputes linger as Iran, powers push for nuclear deal: France
VIENNA (Reuters) – An accord to curb Iran’s nuclear program remains elusive due to disagreements on fundamental issues, France’s foreign minister said on Saturday in Vienna, just days before the June 30 deadline for a deal.
Armenian president tries to end days of protests
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s president tried to ease days of tension by suspending an increase in public electricity bills, pending a review of the decision, but failed to end a protest by thousands of people.
Suicide bombers kill at least three in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers killed at least three people and injured 16 in the capital of the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno on Saturday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks by suspected Islamist militants.
Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden refinery, fire starts: witnesses
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi fighters fired missiles at storage tanks at an Aden refinery on Saturday, starting a large fire, and 14 people were killed in clashes between the Houthis and Saudi-led forces near the southern port city, witnesses…
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.
