Algeria’s Bouteflika names election campaign director
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named Abdelghani Zaalane as the director of his campaign for an April election in which he is expected to seek a fifth term, state press agency APS said on Saturday.
183 injured in Algeria protests: state news agency
A total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for election to a fifth term, the state news agency APS said on Saturday, citing the health ministry.
Flash floods in Afghanistan kill at least 20
At least 20 people including children were killed in southern Afghanistan by flash floods that engulfed up to 2,000 homes and swept away cars, the U.N. agency coordinating relief efforts said on Saturday.
Azeri opposition blogger released after serving two years in jail
An Azeri opposition blogger was released on Saturday after serving two years in prison in a case condemned by human rights activists.
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
Hareth Najem fled Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan’s family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region.
Explainer: Does Islamic State still pose a threat?
Islamic State looks about to lose its last foothold – on the banks of the Euphrates near the Iraq border – but while its era of territorial rule may be over for now, there is near universal agreement that IS remains a threat.
Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as ‘terrorist’ group
Iran criticized Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, saying on Saturday it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the Tehran-backed group’s role in fighting Islamic State.
Timeline: The rise and fall of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Islamic State faces territorial defeat as U.S.-backed Syrian forces attack its final, besieged enclave near the Iraqi border. This timeline chronicles the lightning rise, cruel reign and gradual fall of Islamic State.
Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics Alferov dies aged 88
Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel prize winner in physics and a member of Russia’s parliament, has died aged 88 in St Petersburg, the Russian Communist party said on Saturday.
Slovenian president says ‘a lot’ of EU states would back Brexit extension
Slovenia’s president said his country and many other European Union states would be open to extending the date Britain is due to leave the bloc, a possibility British Prime Minister Theresa May has raised amid deadlock in parliament.
