Lebanon’s Hariri: talking to Hezbollah necessary to ease tensions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri, speaking on a rare visit marking the 10th anniversary of his father’s assassination, said dialogue with Hezbollah was necessary to ease sectarian tensions in Lebanon.
Italian coastguard goes to rescue of at least 600 migrants
ROME (Reuters) – Two merchant ships and an Italian coast guard vessel went to the rescue of more than 600 migrants who sent emergency calls for help from their packed rubber boats near the Libyan coast on Saturday.
Top officials close rank around Argentina’s embattled president
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Top government officials rallied behind Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday after a state prosecutor said he would keep investigating accusations that she tried to cover up Iran’s alleged involvement in a 1994 …
Greece pledges to shut immigrant detention centers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centers for illegal immigrants that have long been criticized by rights groups as inhumane.
Islamic State targeted in 13 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: joint task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged nine airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and four in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday.
France to award Moroccan intelligence chief Legion d’honneur after row
RABAT (Reuters) – France will give its highest award, the Legion d’honneur, to the head of Morocco’s domestic intelligence, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who faces lawsuits over alleged torture.
Boko Haram militants repelled after attack on northeast Nigeria’s Gombe: source
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday but were later repelled, a government security source said.
Fierce fighting as Islamists attack northeast Nigeria city of Gombe
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday, fleeing residents and a security source said.
Palestinians want role in probing ‘terrorist’ killings of Chapel Hill Muslims
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian government on Saturday condemned as “terrorism” the killings of three young Palestinian-Americans in North Carolina and called on U.S. authorities to include its investigators in the probe.
Dozens missing after Congo boat collision
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Dozens of people were missing on Saturday after a collision between two boats on the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a local official said.
