Pressure mounts on Pakistan leader to quit as protests continue
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters massed outside the residence of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday to demand he step down, after efforts to find a negotiated solution to the country’s political crisis failed.
Tunisia says 36 migrants dead in latest Mediterranean shipwreck
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian coast guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of 21 migrants, most probably Syrians, who drowned when their boat sank in the Mediterranean near the maritime border with Libya, officials said.
Pakistan police fire teargas on large crowd demanding PM resign
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police fired teargas after thousands of protesters threatened to march on the prime minister’s house to force him to resign, a police source said.
French prime minister, booed, hopes Socialists can bridge divides
PARIS/LA ROCHELLE France (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was jeered on Saturday on the way to his Socialist Party’s end-of-summer gathering, where attacks on the government’s pro-business economic policy highlighted an uncomfortable divi…
African, Somali troops retake town on way to rebel stronghold
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – African peacekeeping troops and Somali forces recaptured a southern town from Islamist al Shabaab rebels on Saturday, bringing them a step closer to the insurgent stronghold of Barawe, commanders said.
Islamic State militants behead captive Lebanese soldier: video
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants beheaded a Lebanese soldier who was one of 19 captured by hardline Syrian Islamists when they seized a Lebanese border town for few days this month, a video posted on social media showed on Saturday.
EU chooses Polish PM as chairman, Mogherini to run foreign policy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders chose Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the new president of their Council on Saturday and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini as the bloc’s new foreign policy chief, outgoing European Council Pres…
Swedish police clash with counter demonstrators at extreme right rally
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – About 10,000 people turned out to demonstrate against a small rally by Sweden’s extreme right in Stockholm on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of an election where immigration is a key issue.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces bid to break Islamic State siege of town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi army and Kurdish forces closed in on Islamic State fighters on Saturday in a push to break the Sunni militants’ siege of the Shi’ite town of Amerli, army sources said.
No resolution of Gulf Arab split after ministers meet
JEDDAH (Reuters) – Gulf Arab foreign ministers met in Jeddah on Saturday but took no big step toward ending a diplomatic row that has undermined their ability collectively to influence Middle East events.
