Gunmen kidnap Romanian from Burkina Faso mine near Mali border
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Romanian security officer on Saturday from a manganese mining project in northern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali’s lawless desert north, the company and a security source said.
Greek finance minister to discuss reforms with IMF chief
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will meet International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Washington on Sunday to discuss a set of planned reforms that Athens hopes will unlock much-needed bailout funds.
Fuel storage tank fire spreads at Santos port in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A fire at a fuel storage facility run by Ultracargo near Santos, Brazil’s largest port, spread further on Saturday as it entered its third day despite firefighters’ efforts to contain the flames.
Yemeni tribes enter coastal town to drive out al Qaeda
ADEN (Reuters) – Armed Yemeni tribesmen in pickup trucks entered the eastern port town of Mukalla on Saturday to drive out suspected al Qaeda fighters who took control 48 hours earlier, residents said.
Iraqi PM: Armies have no chance against IS if it keeps recruiting foreigners
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi told a German magazine that armies in the region around Iraq had no chance of defeating Islamic State (IS) if the militants continued to recruit ideologically indoctrinated foreign fighters.
U.S. reports more air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria during the past 24 hours, a U.S. military statement said on Saturday.
Red Cross calls for 24-hour ceasefire in Yemen to deliver aid
GENEVA/ADEN (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross appealed on Saturday for an immediate 24-hour halt to hostilities in Yemen to deliver life-saving medical aid into the country where it said the humanitarian situation was dire.
Police investigate suspected arson at asylum seekers’ home in Germany
HALLE, Germany (Reuters) – German police have opened an investigation into a suspected arson attack on a house in eastern Germany earmarked for asylum seekers, throwing the spotlight on a town where the mayor quit last month after a far-right protest w…
Yemen air strike kills family of nine: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – An air strike on a village near the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed a family of nine, residents said on Saturday, in what appeared to be a hit by the Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi militia.
Germanwings co-pilot increased speed as jet went down
PARIS (Reuters) – The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.
