Islamic State takes 90 percent of Damascus refugee camp: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday.
Germanwings plane diverted to Stuttgart due to suspected oil loss
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A Germanwings flight to Venice was diverted to Stuttgart on Saturday as the Airbus A319 aircraft appeared to be losing oil, the airline said in a statement.
Landmine kills Ukrainian servicemen in separatist east: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in a landmine explosion in separatist eastern territories, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Saturday.
India’s Modi to appoint Kashmiri leader to executive council: sources
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to expand his council of ministers to include a key leader from the restive Kashmir region, sources said, as he looks to win the support of allies to push economic reforms throug…
UK police says arrest six at port on Syria-related offences
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Saturday they had arrested six people at the southern English port of Dover on suspicion of terrorism offences related to the ongoing conflict in Syria.
Two bombs explode near Cairo police station, no casualties: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded in Cairo’s residential Imbaba district on Saturday, causing no casualties, Egypt’s state-run Al Ahram newspaper said on its website.
Chinese police take away, detain 50 after protests in Beijing, Guangdong
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China’s capital and in southern Guangdong have detained or taken away more than 50 people after two separate protests, police and state news agency Xinhua said.
Key China paper calls Hong Kong election people’s ‘ardent expectation’
BEIJING (Reuters) – The 2017 election for Hong Kong’s chief executive is the “ardent expectation” of the Chinese territory’s people and the only way for it to make progress on achieving democracy, a top China newspaper said on Saturday.
Iran president views nuclear deal as start of new relationship with world
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Iran’s president said on Friday that a framework for a nuclear deal was just the first step toward building a new relationship with the world, after Iranians greeted the announcement of the accord with celebrations in the s…
Kenya university death toll seen rising; anger over security failures
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – The death toll in an assault by Somali militants on a Kenyan university is likely to climb above 147, a government source and media said on Friday, as anger grew among local residents over what they say as a government failur…
