Protesters clash with police at Australian anti-immigration rally
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Several hundred Australian nationalists and anti-racism activists clashed with police in Melbourne on Saturday in a rare display of violence in a country where immigration is an increasingly emotive political issue.
Rights group slams China state TV report on repatriated Uighurs
BEIJING (Reuters) – An exiled minority rights group slammed a Chinese state television report on Saturday that suggested ethnic Uighurs who had been forcibly repatriated after fleeing the country had returned to a “heaven on earth”.
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.
Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm
ATHENS (Reuters) – Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday, sending residents fleeing from flames threatening their homes.
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.
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.
