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.
Most Tunisia hotel attack victims were British: Tunisia premier
TUNIS (Reuters) – Most of the 39 people killed by a gunman in the Tunisian beach hotel attack where British citizens, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid said.
France’s Fabius says three conditions still not met for Iran deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Saturday there were three conditions that Iran still needed to accept to ensure a “solid” agreement with major powers over its nuclear program.
Slacking Chinese officials to face demotion or dismissal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Underperforming Chinese officials will face demotion or lose their jobs under new rules announced by the country’s elite Politburo, state media said on Saturday.
Bomb attacks kill four people at Baghdad street markets
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Four people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said.
Iran says nuclear deal within reach if other side is reasonable: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will reach a nuclear deal with world powers so long as the other side does not make excessive demands, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted as saying on Saturday as he arrived in Vienna for the final stage of the talk…
Bad weather, rugged terrain caused U.S. chopper crash in Nepal: army
KATHMANDU(Reuters) – The crash of a U.S. military helicopter distributing aid to victims of an earthquake in Nepal in May was caused by bad weather and the rugged terrain of the Himalayan region, Nepal’s army said.
China says many in Japan not ready to accept its rise
BEIJING (Reuters) – The lack of acceptance by many Japanese people of China’s rise is one of the root causes of the problems between the two countries, China’s foreign minister, a former ambassador to Tokyo, said on Saturday.
