Ten migrants drown after boat sinks off Libya
ROME (Reuters) – Ten migrants drowned after the boat they were traveling in sank off the Libyan coast, Italy’s navy said on Saturday, reporting the latest deaths among thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa and Syria.
Turkey pulls diplomats out of Benghazi, urges nationals to leave
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has temporarily pulled its diplomatic staff out of the Libyan city of Benghazi and urged its nationals to leave the east of the country amid mounting security concerns, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Saturday.
President urges Germany to take more military responsibility
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany should play a more active military role abroad, its President Joachim Gauck said in an interview published on Saturday, urging it to drop its post-war reluctance.
Zanzibar mosque bombing kills one, wounds seven
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A bomb explosion killed one person and wounded at least seven in front of a mosque near Zanzibar’s capital Stone Town, police said on Saturday.
Ten killed in clashes in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Saturday in a clash at a refugee camp over firecrackers exploding during a religious event in Bangladesh, police and witnesses said.
Stubb to be Finland’s next PM, backs NATO membership
LAHTI Finland (Reuters) – Finland’s EU minister Alexander Stubb, who wants to cut taxes and take his neutral country into NATO, won the leadership of his ruling conservative party on Saturday, putting him on track to become prime minister later this mo…
Vice-head of China government advisory body under investigation: graft watchdog
BEIJING (Reuters) – The vice-chairman of China’s top parliamentary advisory body has been put under investigation for serious “disciplinary violations”, usually Chinese Communist Party shorthand for graft, the country’s corruption watchdog said on Satu…
Iran says envisages Iraq role with U.S. if Washington tackles regional militants
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran could contemplate cooperating with its old adversary the United States on restoring security to Iraq if it saw Washington confronting “terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.
Iran’s Rouhani: Nuclear deal possible by July 20 with goodwill
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani urged world powers on Saturday to cut a deal with Iran by a July 20 deadline to end a dispute over its nuclear program, arguing that in any case sanctions meant to restrict its atomic activity have frayed bey…
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric issues call to fight jihadist rebels
Baghdad, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s most senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric urged followers to take up arms against a full-blown Sunni militant insurgency to topple Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a conflict that threatens civil war and a possible break-…
