Hong Kong students to boycott class to protest China curbs on democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong students are preparing for a showdown with Beijing over democratic reforms by boycotting classes on Monday, as a restive younger generation challenges the Chinese Communist Party’s tightening grip on the city.
Bomb explodes at Hezbollah checkpoint in eastern Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint controlled by Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, security sources and the state news agency NNA said.
Egypt to host Palestinian-Israeli Gaza talks in days: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will host talks between rival Palestinian factions within days, followed by indirect negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis on the ceasefire in Gaza, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.
Rival prime ministers address Libyans, highlighting divisions
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s rival prime ministers both addressed the nation, with each claiming legitimacy and denouncing the other side, highlighting deep divisions in the oil producing country.
Munitions factory hit in Ukraine’s Donetsk, buffer zone to be set up
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian city of Donetsk was rocked by blasts on Saturday, even as government forces and pro-Russian separatists prepared to create a buffer zone to separate the warring sides.
About 60,000 Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey from Islamic State advance
SURUC Turkey (Reuters) – About 60,000 Syrian Kurds fled into Turkey in the space of 24 hours, a deputy prime minister said on Saturday, as Islamic State militants seized dozens of villages close to the border.
Afghan presidential rivals reach unity deal after disputed vote: aides
KABUL (Reuters) – The rival candidates in Afghanistan’s messy election for a new president finally struck a power-sharing deal on Saturday, aides said, after more than two months of tension over a vote in which each side accused the other of fraud.
Greek leftist opposition leads ruling conservatives: polls
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s main leftist opposition Syriza party has widened its lead over the conservatives in the ruling coalition, polls showed on Saturday, amid rising speculation that the selection of a new president of state may lead to early ele…
Cause of Air Algerie July crash in Mali still unknown
BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators studying the sudden plunge of an Air Algerie plane from an altitude of more than 30,000 feet onto Malian scrubland in July still do not have an explanation, they said on Saturday.
14 Pakistanis freed from U.S. custody in Afghanistan’s Bagram prison: lawyers
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Fourteen Pakistani detainees were released from U.S. custody in Bagram Prison in Afghanistan and repatriated to Pakistan on Saturday, a Pakistani legal firm representing some of the prisoners said.
