Erdogan vows to ‘finish’ Kurdish militants in Iraq to avenge dead soldiers
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowed to “finish” Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in southeastern Turkey earlier this week.
Populist party set for gains in Latvian election
Latvians headed to the polls on Saturday in a parliamentary election in which the rise of a populist party could reshape the political landscape and open the door for the Baltic country’s long shunned pro-Russia party.
Austria’s ex-chancellor Kern quits politics, will not run in European elections
Opposition leader Christian Kern said on Saturday he would leave politics and not run as the top candidate for the Austrian Social Democrats in European parliamentary elections next year, giving in to pressure from party critics.
Afghan forces, Taliban battle for control of highway in Ghazni province
Heavily armed Taliban fighters destroyed bridges near the central city of Ghazni on Saturday, closing the main highway between the capital Kabul and southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Girl scout among 34 dead found in Indonesian quake quagmire
More than a week after a major earthquake hit the west coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, rescuers workers were focusing on Saturday on what looks sure to be a long, difficult search for bodies, many buried in appalling morasses of debris and mud.
Fuel tanker crash kills 50 in Congo
Around 50 people were killed and another 100 suffered serious burns after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, a regional official said.
Slovak PM says ‘deeds not words’ needed to restore trust after reporter’s murder
Slovakia must produce deeds not words to stamp out corruption and mafia-style crime, the prime minister said, after the murder of a journalist investigating EU subsidy fraud rattled the nation and prompted the resignation of his predecessor.
Many lives spared at Indonesia quake epicenter by earlier shake
The lives of many villagers living at the epicenter of a devastating earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and killed more than 1,600 people were spared because they had been terrified by a smaller one that hit three hours earlier.
EU’s Tusk says Brexit deal possible by end of 2018
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Saturday it was possible to agree a deal with Britain on leaving the European Union by the end of 2018.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump wraps up solo African tour in Egypt
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump was welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife, Entissar, on Saturday after she flew in from Kenya as part of her first solo African trip.
