Turnout falters but France’s ‘yellow vest’ protests rumble on
France’s “yellow vest” demonstrators kept numerous roads across the country blocked on Saturday as groups of protesters marched in city centers, but the anti-government backlash was more dispersed and muted than in previous weeks.
Germany’s Hanover airport reopens after car intruder overpowered
Germany’s Hanover airport temporarily suspended flights on Saturday after a man drove onto the apron area before police stopped his car and overpowered and detained him, they said.
German police arrest Syrian man Dutch suspect of attack plot
German police said they arrested a 26-year-old Syrian man on Saturday who is wanted in the Netherlands on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist attack there.
Israel’s Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election
A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of an April election.
Dutch mounted police break up ‘yellow vest’ protest in The Hague
Dutch police on horseback broke up a protest on Saturday by “yellow vest” demonstrators who threw rocks and fireworks at them, a statement said.
Germany’s Hanover airport suspends flights after man drives car onto apron area
Germany’s Hanover airport suspended flights on Saturday after a man drove onto the apron area before police stopped his car and overpowered him, they said.
Russia, Turkey discuss coordination in Syria after U.S. withdrawal
Foreign and defense ministers from Russia and Turkey discussed coordination between their forces in Syria after the United States’ decision to withdraw troops from the Arab republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday.
Brazil’s president-elect plans decree allowing wider gun ownership
Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he plans to issue a decree allowing all Brazilians without criminal records to own firearms, welcome news to many core supporters who want him to loosen Brazil’s strict gun laws.
Egyptian forces kill 40 suspected militants after tourist bus bombed
Egyptian security forces have killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday, a day after a bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people.
Exclusive: For Bangladesh PM, authoritarian tag is ‘badge of honor’, son says on poll eve
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina considers being called authoritarian by the western media a “badge of honor”, the leader’s son told Reuters on the eve of a national election on Sunday.
