Turkey’s Erodgan slams critics in German speech
COLOGNE (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan told a cheering arena of 16,000 diaspora supporters in Germany on Saturday to integrate but not assimilate and slammed German criticism of his response to a mining tragedy, in a defiant hour-long speech.
Al Qaeda gunmen storm Yemeni city, 27 people killed
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – At least 27 people were killed in an overnight raid by gunmen on a city in southeastern Yemen, residents and a local official said on Saturday, as al Qaeda fought back against a government offensive.
Italian navy rescues hundreds of children on migrant boat
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian navy patrol ship picked up a migrant boat coming from North Africa carrying 435 people including 264 children, most from Syria and Egypt, authorities said on Saturday.
Pope launches Holy Land visit with Syria peace appeal
AMMAN (Reuters) – Pope Francis made an urgent appeal for an end to Syria’s devastating civil war and an unscripted condemnation of the arms industry on Saturday at the start of his first trip to the Holy Land as pontiff.
Germany stops numerous arms exports, risks compensation fees: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s national security council declined two-thirds of applications for arms export licenses at its most recent sitting three weeks ago, German news weekly Spiegel said on Saturday.
Dissident Cuban website, once blocked, now accessible
HAVANA (Reuters) – An independent news website that had been blocked in Cuba since its debut on Wednesday became available to Cuban Internet users on Saturday.
Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two men and a woman were killed and one person seriously injured during a shooting at the Jewish Museum in central Brussels on Saturday, with Belgium’s interior minister saying anti-Semitic motives could be behind the attack.
Seven militants killed by Russian forces in North Caucasus
MOSCOW, May 24 – Seven militants in the North Caucasus province of Ingushetia were killed in a three-hour gun battle with Russian security forces after which their hide-out was consumed by fire, the Russian authorities said on Saturday.
Iran says U.N. report proves its nuclear intentions are peaceful
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday said the latest U.N. report on its nuclear activities, which calculated it had slashed its nuclear stockpile by around 80 percent, proved its atomic program was peaceful.
Bahraini rights activist free after two years in jail
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain released one of the Arab world’s best-known activists on Saturday after he served a two-year jail sentence for his role in pro-democracy protests in the U.S.-allied kingdom, his son said and his lawyer said.
