Turkish police fire tear gas at Istanbul protesters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered to march to Gezi Park, which has been at the heart of fierce unrest against Prime Minister Erdogan’s rule.
Egypt announces criminal investigation of Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt announced a criminal investigation on Saturday against deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, with prosecutors saying they were examining complaints of spying, inciting violence and ruining the economy.
Northern Ireland violence flares for second day
BELFAST (Reuters) – Violence flared for a second night around traditional Orange Day parades in Northern Ireland, with police coming under attack from petrol bombs, fireworks, stones and bottles and responding with water cannon.
Bomb attacks on Sunni mosques in Iraq kill 23
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two bomb attacks near Sunni mosques in the Iraqi capital killed at least 23 people who had gathered to pray after breaking their daily fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Saturday, police and medics said.
Seven peacekeepers killed in Sudan’s Darfur region
CAIRO (Reuters) – Seven peacekeepers were killed and 17 wounded when they came under heavy fire from gunmen in Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region on Saturday, the peacekeeping force said, the worst toll from a single incident since its deployment in 200…
Bell tolls 50 times for Quebec dead in train disaster
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – A week after the heart of the Quebec village of Lac-Megantic was devastated in a fireball in one of the worst train accidents in Canadian history, the St. Agnes church bell rang 50 times on Saturday, once for each perso…
Egypt’s interim PM names two more key ministerial candidates
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Interim Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi will ask leftist politician Godah Abdel Khalik to serve as supplies minister, a position he held for several months in 2011, two sources in the transitional administration told Reuters …
Kazakhstan won’t let oligarch’s wife return to Italy
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakhstan said on Saturday the wife of fugitive former minister and oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov could not leave the country because she was under investigation, and Ablyazov said his wife and daughter were in danger.
No evidence of link between Dreamliner fire and batteries: AAIB
LONDON (Reuters) – There is no evidence at this stage that a fire that broke out on a Boeing Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday was linked to the aircraft’s batteries, Britain’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said on Saturday.
Swiss arrest witness linked to French minister in tax scandal
ZURICH (Reuters) – A key witness in the investigation against France’s former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac has been arrested by Swiss authorities, the Swiss prosecutor’s office confirmed on Saturday.
