U.S.-backed forces announce three-day curfew in Raqqa city
AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S.-backed forces in control of Syria’s Raqqa city imposed a three-day curfew on Sunday and declared a state of emergency saying Islamic State militants had infiltrated the city and planned a bombing campaign.
Erdogan faces major test as Turks vote for president, parliament
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turks voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago.
Saudi women take victory laps as driving ban ends
RIYADH (Reuters) – Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads early on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world’s last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women’s repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
Trump adviser Kushner criticizes Abbas, says U.S. peace plan near: newspaper
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would likely announce its Middle East peace plan even if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, angered by U.S. policy so far, chose to remain on the sidel…
Second person dies following Saturday’s grenade attack at Ethiopia rally: health minister
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A second person passed away after a deadly grenade attack in Ethiopia’s capital on Saturday which injured 150 at rally in support of new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
U.S. says still working to reunite 2,053 children with families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government still has 2,053 children in its custody who were separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and officials said there was a “well coordinated” process for re…
Fighting moves closer to center of Yemen’s main port city
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis deployed additional forces in the main port city of Hodeidah on Sunday as a Saudi-led military coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war, raising U.N. fears of a humanitarian catastro…
Turks begin voting in presidential and parliamentary elections
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turks began voting on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago.
Three kidnapped Turkish engineers released in southern Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Three Turkish engineers kidnapped last year in the southern Libyan town of Ubari have been released, the U.N.-backed Libyan government said.
U.S. government reunites 522 children removed under ‘zero tolerance’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department said late Saturday the government has reunited 522 children separated from adults as part of a “Zero Tolerance” initiative and plans to reunite another 16 children over the next 24 hours.
