Iran says no plans to meet U.S. officials, consultations with mediators continue
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran currently has no plans to meet with U.S. officials, while consultations with Qatari and Pakistani mediators continue over Iran's conditions for resolving the crisis, Qatar's Al Jazeera reported Saturday.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Araghchi dismissed reports of possible meetings as media speculation, saying Iran saw no need to meet with American officials at present.
He said Tehran would decide whether to hold direct or indirect negotiations after Washington accepted Iran's conditions.
G20 FM meeting ends without joint communique amid deep divisions
A two-day meeting of Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers ended here Saturday without a joint communique, as participants failed to reach consensus on major global geopolitical and economic security issues amid the Ukraine crisis and the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the meeting addressed geopolitical tensions, energy security and supply chains.
At a closing news conference, Rubio highlighted freedom of navigation in key waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz and the Black Sea, along with critical mineral supply chains and food security. He said participants recognized the importance of these issues but remained divided over their solutions.
Polish president calls for urgent talks amid Constitutional Tribunal crisis
Polish President Karol Nawrocki called for urgent talks with parliamentary groups early on Saturday to restore constitutional order, as a leadership dispute at the country's Constitutional Tribunal sparked protests and clashes with police.
Nawrocki's chief of staff, Pawel Szefernaker, read out the president's statement outside the Constitutional Tribunal, accusing those involved in the dispute of "forcibly occupying" the court and urging them to leave the building, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported.
Nawrocki cut short his trip to Senegal on Friday and returned to Poland. He entered the tribunal building early on Saturday and became involved in a heated confrontation with several judges, with pushing and shoving reported near the entrance.
On Friday evening, the tribunal's website announced that its president and vice president had been suspended for one month, with a newly elected judge whose status remains disputed assuming temporary leadership. The tribunal's leadership rejected the move, accusing those involved of illegally taking over its website and describing the action as a "coup."
Around 320,000 people take part in protests across France: media
Around 320,000 people took part in a new round of protests across France on Saturday, according to French daily Le Monde which cited figures from the Interior Ministry.
In Paris, the Interior Ministry put the number of demonstrators at 70,000 as of 5 p.m. local time (1600 GMT).
However, youth unions and associations representing high school and university students put the nationwide turnout at nearly 500,000, including 200,000 in Paris.
The protests disrupted public transport. Paris public transport operator RATP announced on its website that more than 40 metro stations had been closed on Saturday.
Although most demonstrations proceeded peacefully, the dispersal of protesters led to tensions in several cities. In Paris, clashes broke out near Porte de Charenton, the authorized endpoint of the march, with protesters throwing projectiles at police who responded with tear gas, Le Monde reported.
U.S. provides information on possible terrorist attack in Moscow: FSB
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Saturday that it had received information from the United States about preparations for a possible terrorist attack in Moscow and was taking relevant measures, local media reported.
The information was received through partner channels, the FSB said in a statement, adding that "relevant work is underway."
Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy in Moscow issued a security alert on X, warning of the possible threat of a mass-casualty event on Saturday at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow.
The embassy said the U.S. government was coordinating with the appropriate Russian authorities in response to the threat.
Over 1,400 displaced after Mayon Volcano eruption in northern Philippines
Over 1,400 people in Albay province in the northern Philippines have been evacuated since Friday after the Mayon Volcano erupted, according to local officials.
The evacuees, who lived within the volcano's 6-km permanent danger zone (PDZ), were moved to safer areas. The Philippine National Police has strictly prohibited entry to the PDZ due to potential hazards.
The Mayon Volcano experienced a "moderately explosive eruption" at around 11:53 a.m. local time Friday, generating a plume that rose 3,000 meters above the crater. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on the same day raised the volcano's alert level from 2 to 3, with Level 5 being the highest.
Mayon, famed for its near-perfect conical shape, is one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes and has a long history of explosive eruptions that have triggered mass evacuations.■
