More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as crisis grows
ROME (Reuters) – More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in last 24 hours, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday.
U.S. and Iran address obstacles to nuclear deal as deadline nears
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for six hours on Saturday trying to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and six wo…
Syrian air raids kill dozens of civilians in north: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian air force raid killed at least 59 civilians at a market in a town held by Islamic State militants in northern Syria on Saturday, according to a monitoring group.
Islam center stage as Turkish election campaign enters final week
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Evoking the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople and vowing the Muslim call to prayer would forever ring out, President Tayyip Erdogan put religion center stage on Saturday as campaigning for Turkey’s parliamentary election entered i…
Probes of child abuse in Central African Republic should intensify: U.N. rights chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief on Saturday urged several countries to intensify their investigations of alleged sexual abuse of young children in the Central African Republic by French and African soldiers posted in th…
Islamic State blows up empty prison complex in Syria’s Palmyra
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State blew up a major prison complex in the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday, according to a group monitoring the war, destroying an important symbol of government control in the jihadist-held city.
Nigeria’s Maiduguri city hit by deadly bomb, overnight attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city on Saturday afternoon killing at least 18 people, a hospital source said, after a night-time attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the ou…
Russian aircraft head off U.S. destroyer in Black Sea: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting “aggressively” in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday, citing an anonymous source in Russia’s armed forces in Crimea.
U.S., allies conduct 22 air strikes against Islamic State militants: combined joint task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Iraq with 16 air strikes from Friday morning through Saturday morning and conducted another six strikes against the group in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
U.S. says China’s island-building erodes security; Beijing angered
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday that China’s island-building in the South China Sea was undermining security in the Asia-Pacific, drawing a scathing response from the foreign ministry in Beijing.
