U.S. conducts air strike in Somalia, says 3 militants killed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Friday it had killed three militants after launching an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, a militant Islamist group allied with al Qaeda.
Poisoned Russian agent Sergei Skripal is getting better fast, hospital says
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal is no longer in a critical condition and his health is improving rapidly more than a month after he was poisoned with a nerve agent in England, the British hospital treating him said on Friday.
As Saudi prince arrives, ties with France more complex than before
PARIS (Reuters) – When French President Emmanuel Macron flew into Riyadh for hastily arranged talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in November it was all smiles in public, but in private a tough dialogue over Iran signaled a change between…
Former Russian agent Sergei Skripal no longer in critical condition – hospital
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal is no longer in critical condition and has responded well to treatment after a nerve agent attack last month, the hospital treating him said on Friday.
U.S. sanctions Russians over ‘malign activity’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned 24 Russian people, including oligarchs and government officials, and 14 groups on Friday over what it called a range of malign activities by Moscow to subvert Western democracies, the Treasury Departm…
Israeli gunfire wounds 40 Palestinians in renewed Gaza border protest: medics
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 40 Palestinian protesters on Friday, Palestinian medics said, as thousands converged on Gaza’s border with Israel and set fire to mounds of tyres to launch a second week of demonstrations…
Brazil’s Lula seeks refuge with supporters as prison looms
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday spent his last hours before a 12-year prison sentence surrounded by supporters who vowed to fight for his right to run in a presidential race he is …
London police call urgent meeting after six more stabbings
LONDON (Reuters) – London police called an emergency meeting of community leaders on Friday after six stabbings in a matter of hours, as they tried to stem a wave of knife crime that threatens to dominate the city’s politics ahead of local elections in…
Special Report: How a secret Russian airlift helps Syria’s Assad
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – In a corner of the departures area at Rostov airport in southern Russia, a group of about 130 men, many of them carrying overstuffed military-style rucksacks, lined up at four check-in desks beneath screens that showed no flight…
Vietnam warns against ‘inappropriate’ statues after nude sculpture cover-up
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s culture ministry has issued a directive against “inappropriate” statues after images of godlike sculptures with animal heads and human genitalia stoked controversy.
