French anti-terrorism prosecutors to probe knife attack
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s department said on Saturday that it would investigate a knife attack near Paris the previous day.
Clashes break out at Paris protest against pension reform
Police on Saturday fired tear gas at demonstrators in Paris’s busy Gare du Nord station, used by tourists taking the Eurostar service, and at the Gare de l’Est, during demonstrations against plans to reform France’s pension system.
Thousands in Iraq mourn top Iranian general killed by U.S.; rockets fired in Baghdad
With shouts of “Death to America”, tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq on Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader who were killed in a U.S. air strike that has raised the specter of wider confli…
Iraqi militia warns security forces to stay away from U.S. bases: Al Mayadeen
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah militia warned on Saturday Iraqi security forces to stay away from U.S. bases in Iraq, al-Mayadeen television said.
Iraqi PM declares national mourning for Soleimani, Muhandis: statement
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi declared on Saturday three days of national mourning for Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and others killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad.
Terrorism not ruled out in fatal stabbing near Paris
French investigators said they had not dismissed possible links to terrorism after a man went on a rampage with a knife in a park near Paris on Friday, killing one person and wounding two. Police shot the man dead.
Fourteen killed in bomb attack on bus of school children in Burkina Faso
Fourteen people were killed and nine wounded in a bomb attack on a bus bringing children back from a school break in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, two security sources and a police source said.
Multiple rockets fall in Green Zone, Baghdad, air base: Iraqi military
Several rockets fell on Saturday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, its Jadriya neighborhood, and the Balad air base housing U.S. troops, the Iraqi military said, adding that there were no deaths.
Two rockets fall inside Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops: security sources
Two Katyusha rockets fell inside Iraq’s Balad air base, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. forces on Saturday but caused no casualties, two security sources told Reuters.
Five wounded in mortar attack on Baghdad neighborhood: police sources
A mortar was launched inside Baghdad’s Jadriya neighborhood on Saturday and wounded five people, police sources told Reuters.
