Turkey’s Erdogan says U.S. should look at its own actions if it wants jailed pastor freed
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States should look at its own actions if it wants the return of an American Christian pastor who has been jailed in Turkey for suspected links to a 2016 failed coup.
German minister urges Russia to cooperate in solving Syria crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Saturday urged Russia to help solve the Syria crisis as he set off for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations in Toronto.
Turkey, rebel allies have lost hundreds in Afrin fighting, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies have lost “hundreds” of fighters in total since the start of a campaign in northwest Syria three months ago, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, with the rebels suffering the bulk of the lo…
Macron calls Sisi to discuss Syrian crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron called Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday to discuss the Syrian crisis, Sisi’s office said.
Tens of thousands of Hungarians protest against PM Orban’s rule
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested on Saturday against government control over the media, which they say helped Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a landslide election victory earlier this month.
Philippines’ Duterte sets window for peace talks with communist rebels
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he had set a 60-day timeframe for peace talks he is seeking to revive with communist guerrillas, urging the rebels’ exiled leader to come home to hammer out a deal.
Russia says kills nine militants plotting attack in Dagestan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it had killed nine militants who had been plotting a terrorist act in the volatile Dagestan region in the south of the country.
Thousands of Hungarians protest against Orban’s media control
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Around ten thousand Hungarians protested in Budapest on Saturday against government control over the media which they say helped Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a landslide election victory earlier this month.
Chemical weapons watchdog: inspectors have samples from Douma
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) visited a site in Douma, Syria on Saturday to collect samples as it tries to determine whether such weapons were used there on April 7, the …
U.S. calls China, Russia, Iran, North Korea ‘morally reprehensible’ on rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States labeled China, Russia, Iran and North Korea on Friday as “morally reprehensible” governments that it said violated human rights within their borders on a daily basis, making them “forces of instability”.
