British Airways suspends flights to Cairo for seven days: statement
British Airways abruptly suspended flights to Cairo for a week from Saturday over security concerns, giving no details about what had prompted the move.
Pompeo expresses disappointment over Turkey’s acquisition of Russian missiles
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Turkey’s Foreign Minister on Saturday and expressed disappointment over the country’s acquisition of the Russian S-400 missile system, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
Iranian ship repaired in Saudi Arabia heads back to Iran
An Iranian ship which had gone to Jeddah port in Saudi Arabia because of technical problems in May is heading back to Iran, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
UK calls seizure of ship a ‘hostile act’; Iran releases video of capture
Britain denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” on Saturday, rejecting Tehran’s explanation that it had seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.
Iran tanker seizure raises serious questions for international shipping: UK’s Hunt
Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker raises very serious questions for British and international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday.
Italian magistrate who led ‘Clean Hands’ graft probes dies
Francesco Saverio Borrelli, the Italian magistrate who headed the “Clean Hands” corruption investigations in the early 1990s that swept away an entire political class, has died, his family said on Saturday.
U.S. State Department says concerned by reports of Chinese interference in South China Sea
The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it is concerned by reports of China’s interference with oil and gas activities in the South China Sea, including Vietnam’s long-standing exploration and production activities.
Iran guards post video of troops rappelling onto British-flagged tanker
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards posted a video online on Saturday showing speedboats pulling up alongside the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero and troops wearing ski masks and carrying machine guns rappelling to its deck from a helicopter.
Iraqi Kurdistan arrests Turkish lawmaker’s brother for assassination of diplomat
Security services in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region said on Saturday they had arrested the brother of a lawmaker serving in the Turkish parliament for the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Erbil.
‘Boris blimp’ takes to the London skies in pro-EU protest
Opponents of Britain’s exit from the EU hoisted a “Boris blimp” portraying the UK’s likely next prime minister as a crying child as they demonstrated outside parliament on Saturday.
