Second rescue boat heading to Lampedusa in potential new stand-off with Rome
A second migrant rescue boat is heading towards the south Italian island of Lampedusa, potentially creating another stand-off with Italian authorities who are banning non-governmental organizations from bringing migrants ashore.
Israeli military orders extra forces to Lebanon border area
Israel’s military said on Saturday it had ordered extra forces to deploy to its northern command and postponed a training exercise as tensions remained high with Lebanon’s heavily armed Shi’ite movement Hezbollah.
One dead, six wounded in France after suspected knife attack
One person was killed and at least nine others wounded on Saturday in the city of Villeurbanne near Lyon in central France after a suspected knife attack, a police source told Reuters.
Hong Kong commercial centers paralyzed as protesters, police exchange petrol bombs and tear gas
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday and pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs in the latest in a series of chaotic clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades.
Second rescue boat heading to Lampedusa in potential new stand-off with Rome
A second migrant rescue boat is heading towards the south Italian island of Lampedusa, potentially creating another stand-off with Italian authorities who are banning non-governmental organizations from bringing migrants ashore.
Scores killed as Taliban, Afghan forces clash in Kunduz despite peace talks
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a main square in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz where Afghan forces had gathered to defend the city from falling to the Taliban, killing at least 10 soldiers and civilians, Afghan officials said on Saturday.
U.S. forces strike Syrian al Qaeda facility: Defense Department
U.S. forces struck an al Qaeda facility north of Idlib in Syria on Saturday in an attack aimed at the organization’s leadership, U.S. Central Command, part of the Department of Defense, said.
Turkey to launch own Syria plan in weeks unless has ‘safe zone’ control: Erdogan
Turkey will launch its own operation to establish a “safe zone” in Syria if talks with the United States fail to give Turkish troops control of the area within a few weeks, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Taliban suicide bomber hits Afghan police as Kunduz siege continues
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a main square in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz where Afghan forces had gathered to defend the city from falling to the Taliban, officials said on Saturday.
Iranian oil tanker no longer has Turkish destination: ship tracking data
An Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran is no longer heading towards Turkey’s Iskenderun port and now has no specified destination, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Saturday.
