WORLD HEADLINES
By Michelle Martin and Anna McIntosh BERLIN/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country’s policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country. Thousands of refugees are crossing the border to Hungary, an eastern outpost of Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, every day, and many are traveling on to the
Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday. Any indication Iran could become more self-sufficient will be closely watched by world powers, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran in July over its program. “I cannot announce (the level of) Iran’s uranium mine reserves.
By William James and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger who professes an admiration for Karl Marx, was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party on Saturday, a victory that may make a British EU exit more likely and which one former Labour prime minister has said could leave their party unelectable. Greeted by cheers from supporters in the room and hailed by radicals across Europe,
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday. “Heavy rain and strong winds of unusually high speed led to the uprooting of trees, the fall of panels and the collapse of the crane,” General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority, told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV on Saturday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two Russian planes carrying 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrived at an airport in Syria’s city of Latakia on Saturday, Syrian state media reported. Syria has dismissed a number of reports from media and intelligence sources in recent days that its ally Moscow has been trying to send military support. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
The leftist Syriza party of former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras maintained a wafer-thin pre-election lead over conservative New Democracy in three opinion polls on Saturday, with a fourth putting them level-pegging. The two parties have been hard to separate in the run-up to the Sept. 20 ballot, and Tsipras and his center-right counterpart Vangelis Meimarakis have spent much of their campaigns trying to protect their vote, trading accusations over
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis has urged his followers to open their hearts and parishes to refugees seeking shelter in Europe, but predominantly Catholic Poles are struggling to heed that call amid widespread fears that Muslim arrivals will threaten their jobs and security.
MUNICH (AP) — Thomas Mueller scored a last-minute penalty for Bayern Munich to beat Augsburg 2-1 and Borussia Dortmund maintained its perfect Bundesliga start by defeating Hannover 4-2 on Saturday.
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian military cargo planes have taken supplies to Syria to set up a tent camp for more than 1,000 refugees, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday as the main Syrian opposition group blasted Moscow over its military presence in the Arab country.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Authorities in Guyana say they are stepping up oversight of jungle mining areas following the deaths of 25 miners in the past year.
