Protesters threw bottles, cans and smoke bombs at riot police in central London on Saturday in a demonstration against the re-election of Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. A Reuters photographer estimated that a couple of hundred people took part in the protest, including a group of about 25 black-clad youths with sunglasses and face masks.
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it had successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a step that would mark significant progress in the secretive state’s military capabilities. It could pose a new threat to South Korea, Japan and the United States, which have tried to contain North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile strength, military experts said. The North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it had successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a step that would mark significant progress in the secretive state’s military capabilities. It could pose a new threat to South Korea, Japan and the United States, which have tried to contain North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile strength, military experts said. The North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw
By Marcelo del Pozo SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – An Airbus A400M military transport plane crashed in a field in Seville on Saturday, killing four of the six on board, a government official said, in the first accident involving Europe’s newest troop and heavy cargo carrier. Web tracking data indicated that the aircraft had wheeled round to the left before crashing north of the airport.
By Marcelo del Pozo SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – An Airbus A400M military transport plane crashed in a field in Seville on Saturday, killing four of the six on board, a government official said, in the first accident involving Europe’s newest troop and heavy cargo carrier. Web tracking data indicated that the aircraft had wheeled round to the left before crashing north of the airport.
Fifty inmates and 12 police died in a prison escape organized by Islamic State, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, while supporters of the group acknowledged it staged the breakout but gave different details. After a riot erupted, dozens of prisoners escaped from the Al-Khalis facility about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, security and police officials said. Militants of Islamic State, the group sometimes known as ISIS which has
Fifty inmates and 12 police died in a prison escape organized by Islamic State, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, while supporters of the group acknowledged it staged the breakout but gave different details. After a riot erupted, dozens of prisoners escaped from the Al-Khalis facility about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, security and police officials said. Militants of Islamic State, the group sometimes known as ISIS which has
By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case, although the trio is unlikely to go to jail again. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, and his sons Gamal and Alaa already spent at least three years each in prison
By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in the retrial of a corruption case, although the trio is unlikely to go to jail again. Mubarak, who ruled Egypt with an iron fist for 30 years, and his sons Gamal and Alaa already spent at least three years each in prison
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A tanker has docked at the eastern Libyan port of Zueitina port to lift 750,000 barrels of crude, an oil official said on Saturday. The tanker was loading oil from the port’s tanks, the official said, adding that crude flows from connected fields were still blocked by protests. (Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Andrew Roche)
