By Noah Browning and Mohammed Ghobari DUBAI/SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group and its army allies fired a Scud missile at Saudi Arabia which the kingdom says it shot down on Saturday, in a major escalation of two months of war. The area is home to the largest air force base in southern Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, but there are no oil facilities in the vicinity.
By Humeyra Pamuk and Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish Kurds gathered on Saturday to mourn and protest at the scene of bomb blasts that killed two people and wounded more than 200 at an election rally, with many voicing anger at President Tayyip Erdogan a day before parliamentary polls. The two explosions, which Erdogan termed a “provocation” designed to undermine Sunday’s election, tore through a rally of the
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators packed the German Alpine resort town on Saturday, protesting over a wide range of causes before the arrival of the leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized democracies for a two-day summit.
By Morag MacKinnon PERTH (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have used chlorine as a weapon and are recruiting highly trained technicians in a serious bid to develop chemical weapons, Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop warned. In a speech to an international forum of nations that works to fight the spread of such weapons, Bishop said the rise of militant groups such as ISIS, also known as Daish, posed “one of
PARIS (AP) — Overcoming a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit, Serena Williams won her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating 13th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 on Saturday.
Hurricane Blanca gained strength Saturday to reach Category 3 as it headed toward Mexico’s northwest, forecasters said, though they added it could weaken before arriving on the southern end of the Baja California peninsula. Mexico’s national weather service said Blanca was moving at 19 kilometers (12 miles) per hour. After briefly weakening Friday, the storm was packing powerful sustained winds of 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour with gusts up
By John Ruwitch and Megha Rajagopalan JIANLI, China (Reuters) – An irate relative of two passengers missing aboard a Chinese cruise ship which capsized on the Yangtze River publicly accused the government of treating its people like enemies, as officials struggled to contain public anger over the disaster. Seventy-year-old Xia Yunchen burst into a just finished news briefing with senior officials on Friday, screaming and demanding answers. Xia, from the
(Reuters) – Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said on Friday. Aziz surrendered in April 2003 to a U.S. invasion force which overthrew Saddam. Dr. Saadi al-Majid, head of the health department of Dhi Qar governorate where Aziz was being held, confirmed Aziz’s death to Reuters: “Tariq Aziz arrived at al-Nasiriya Educational hospital suffering from a severe heart attack.
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 men charged with organizing the shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said on Friday, a move that will raise further questions about the nation’s heavily criticized justice system. Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Malala in 2012 as she traveled home from school in Swat, northwest of the capital Islamabad. Malala became
The security situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated in recent days as both sides of the conflict persist in putting civilians at risk by positioning military forces alongside civilian areas, a senior international monitor said on Friday. The deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine, Alexander Hug, made the remarks at an emergency meeting of the United