Pakistan kills 16 alleged militants
Pakistani jets killed 16 suspected militants in bombing raids near the Afghan border on Saturday, and police arrested dozens of people, security officials said. The bombings came the day after Taliban militants killed 29 people in an attack on an air base in Peshawar. The attack on the base was the deadliest militant attack on a Pakistani military installation and is likely to undermine already rocky ties with Afghanistan. Pakistan detained 22 suspects after the attack.
Thousands of refugees enter Austria
Thousands of refugees flooded into Austria on Saturday, seeking refuge after staying for days in bordering countries that were unable or unwilling to offer them shelter. Austrian police said some 6,700 people travelled to the Central European country from Hungary after being trapped on Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected new barbed-wire fences in a bid to shut down travel routes.
Japan may let troops fight abroad
Japan’s parliament voted into law on Saturday a defence policy shift that could let troops fight overseas for the first time since 1945, a milestone in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to loosen the limits of the pacifist constitution on the military. Japan's ally, the United States, has welcomed the changes but China has repeatedly expressed concern about the legislation.
Greek ex-PM predicted to win election
Greece went to the polls on Saturday with radical former premier Alexis Tsipras in the lead in the final hours of a tight race against the conservatives for the helm of government. Hours before a midnight ban on voter surveys expired on Friday, a brace of polls forecast victory for Tsipras over conservative party chief Vangelis Meimarakis by margins ranging from 0.7 to 3.0 percentage points.
Egypt president swears in new cabinet
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence. Sisi named former head of the state oil company Tarek al-Mullah as petroleum minister, charged with easing the country's energy crisis and attracting more foreign investment in a strategic sector.
Pakistani jets killed 16 suspected militants in bombing raids near the Afghan border on Saturday, and police arrested dozens of people, security officials said. The bombings came the day after Taliban militants killed 29 people in an attack on an air base in Peshawar. The attack on the base was the deadliest militant attack on a Pakistani military installation and is likely to undermine already rocky ties with Afghanistan. Pakistan detained 22 suspects after the attack.
Thousands of refugees enter Austria
Thousands of refugees flooded into Austria on Saturday, seeking refuge after staying for days in bordering countries that were unable or unwilling to offer them shelter. Austrian police said some 6,700 people travelled to the Central European country from Hungary after being trapped on Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected new barbed-wire fences in a bid to shut down travel routes.
Japan may let troops fight abroad
Japan’s parliament voted into law on Saturday a defence policy shift that could let troops fight overseas for the first time since 1945, a milestone in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to loosen the limits of the pacifist constitution on the military. Japan's ally, the United States, has welcomed the changes but China has repeatedly expressed concern about the legislation.
Greek ex-PM predicted to win election
Greece went to the polls on Saturday with radical former premier Alexis Tsipras in the lead in the final hours of a tight race against the conservatives for the helm of government. Hours before a midnight ban on voter surveys expired on Friday, a brace of polls forecast victory for Tsipras over conservative party chief Vangelis Meimarakis by margins ranging from 0.7 to 3.0 percentage points.
Egypt president swears in new cabinet
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence. Sisi named former head of the state oil company Tarek al-Mullah as petroleum minister, charged with easing the country's energy crisis and attracting more foreign investment in a strategic sector.
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