Intensified shelling in east Ukraine kills four civilians, soldier
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Saturday of shelling residential areas despite a ceasefire, reporting four civilians and one soldier killed following a week of the deadliest fighting in over a month.
Islamic State claims kidnapping of three African Christians in Libya
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures.
Canadian National derailment halts rail service on major route
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian National Railway Co train derailed on Saturday, halting passenger rail service on major routes between Toronto and Ottawa, as well as Toronto and Montreal, Via Rail said.
South Africa’s Zuma in hospital for gallstone surgery
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma was admitted to hospital on Saturday for a scheduled procedure to remove gallstones and was expected to be discharged Sunday, the presidency said.
Venezuela bans another opposition politician from holding office
CARACAS (Reuters) – – Former Venezuelan state Governor Pablo Perez said on Saturday he had been barred from holding public office for 10 years, the third ban on an opposition politician in the last week.
Crash victims’ families reject Germanwings compensation offer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Some of the close relatives of those killed in the Germanwings plane crash in March have rejected the carrier’s offer of 25,000 euros ($27,000) in compensation payments for their pain and suffering.
Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall reopens after massacre
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall reopened on Saturday nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex….
Islamic State claims attack that kills five members of Egypt’s security forces
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate said in a statement on a social media site it carried out an attack in North Sinai on military checkpoints that killed five members of the country’s security forces on Saturday.
Nuclear deal will not change Iran’s relations with U.S.: supreme leader
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the nuclear deal with world powers did not signal any wider shift in Iran’s relationship with Washington or its policies in the Middle East.
White house condemns Islamic State attack in Iraq
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The White House said on Saturday that it condemned an Islamic State attack on Friday that killed more than 100 people at a market in an Iraqi town, calling it “yet another painful examples of the atrocities” committed by the group….
