US Tells Russia of 'Strong Concerns' About Strikes on Syrian Rebels and other top stories.

• US Tells Russia of 'Strong Concerns' About Strikes on Syrian Rebels

  Photo Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, second from the left in the back row, visited the Russian air base in Syria on Saturday. Credit Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, via Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senior American and Russian defense officials held what the Pentagon described as an “extraordinary” videoconference on Saturday to discuss Russian airstrikes that days earlier hit a garrison manned by Syrian rebels backed by the United Stat..

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• Massive Protest on Okinawa Opposes US Military After Killing

  

  TOKYO — Tens of thousands of Japanese on Sunday protested the presence of U.S. military bases on the southwestern island of Okinawa, many of them wearing black to mourn the rape and killing of a local woman in which an American contractor is a suspect.The rally called for a review of the U.S.-Japanese security agreement, which burdens Okinawa with hosting the bulk of American troops in Japan. Also contentious is a plan to relocate a Marine Corps air station to a less-populated part of Okinaw..

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• Populist Raggi Caps Anti-Elite Campaign as Rome Votes for Mayor

  

  Populist leader Virginia Raggi made a final plea to supporters of her campaign to unseat Rome’s scandal-plagued ruling elite, saying that victory is not assured despite her lead in polls.As Italians vote in Sunday’s mayoral elections, Raggi is poised to become the capital’s first female leader -- and score the biggest victory so far for her eurosceptic party. Her campaign has portrayed Italy’s ruling elite as corrupt and her victory would cast doubt over Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s attempts t..

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• Egypt sentences 6 people to death, including 2 Al Jazeera journalists

  

  The six, along with former President Mohammed Morsy and his aides, were accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar. The court ruled Saturday in support of a verdict ratified by Egypt's religious leaders in the case dubbed the "Qatar spying case."In addition to the two former employees of the Qatar-based network, a reporter for Rasd media channel was also among those convicted. The journalists were tried in absentia.The journalists are former director of news at Al Jazeera's Arabic channel, Ibra..

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• Belgium charges three men with terrorism offences after overnight raids

  

  BRUSSELS Belgian prosecutors charged three men with terrorism offences on Saturday following overnight raids that took place amid heightened security in Belgium and France due to the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.Three months after Islamist bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, police searched dozens of houses across the country and arrested 12 people the night before Belgium's Euro 2016 game against Ireland.Nine of them were released after questioning but three Belgian nationals identified as 2..

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• Russia's defense minister visits Syria, meets Assad

  

  Syrian President Bashar Assad shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, June 18, 2016. Russia’s defense minister visited Syria on Saturday to meet the country’s leader and inspect the Russian air base there, a high-profile trip intended to underline Moscow’s role in the region. (Vadim Savitsky/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool photo via AP) (Associated Press) By Vladimir Isachenkov | AP June 18 at 4:39 PM MOSCOW — Russia’s defense m..

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