Turkish police fire tear gas to break up Internet protest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Police fired water cannon and teargas to disperse hundreds of people protesting in central Istanbul on Saturday against new controls on the Internet approved by parliament this week.
Japan PM-backed candidate seen ahead as Tokyo voters go to polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Voters in Japan’s capital go to the polls on Sunday with a candidate backed by the ruling party likely to win the race to become governor, frustrating rivals’ efforts to make the vote a referendum on the prime minister’s pro-nuclear e…
Iran says warships sailing towards U.S.: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
U.S. urges removal of foreign fighters from South Sudan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Saturday expressed concern over reported violations of a shaky ceasefire agreement between South Sudan’s government and rebel forces and urged the removal of foreign fighters engaged in the conflict.
U.N. aid convoy struck in Syria’s besieged Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An aid convoy came under fire in a besieged rebel district of Homs on Saturday, threatening a United Nations-led operation to bring food and medicine to 2,500 people and evacuate civilians trapped by months of fighting in the Syrian …
Kosovo’s head of university quits after violent protests
PRISTINA (Reuters) – The rector of Kosovo’s state university Ibrahim Gashi resigned on Saturday following protests by students over reports their professors had forged academic works.
Egypt’s Sabahi says to contest presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi announced on Saturday he would be running for the presidency in a forthcoming election, enlivening a race that army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win.
Panama says North Korea ship in arms case paid fine, free to go
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A North Korean ship detained near the Panama Canal for holding Cuban weapons is free to go after the ship’s representatives on Saturday paid a $693,333 fine to the Panama Canal Authority, the authority said in a statement.
Falling rock derails train in French Alps, two dead
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – A huge falling rock derailed a train in the French Alps on Saturday, killing two people and partly pushing one of its carriages over the edge of a mountain slope, officials said.
Italy scorns Indian decision to try marines with anti-piracy law
ROME (Reuters) – Rome harshly criticized an Indian decision to try two Italian marines accused of killing two fisherman under an anti-piracy and anti-terrorism act, in a case that has strained relations between the two countries.
