EU leaders set to prolong Russia sanctions again
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will next week extend until the end of January economic sanctions against Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, diplomats and officials said.
Saudi female accident inspectors prepare for women driving
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women car accident inspectors are training to respond to incidents involving female drivers, who will be allowed to drive in the conservative Muslim kingdom starting on Sunday when a decades-old ban ends…
Syrian army drops barrel bombs in southwest assault: monitor, rebel
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, a war monitor and a rebel said, escalating an assault that has so far included artillery but only limited…
U.N. calls on U.S. to find alternatives to child migrant detention
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office called on the Trump administration on Friday to “overhaul” its migration polices and find alternatives to detention, saying that children should never be held in custody, even with their parents.
South Sudan rules out rebel leader Riek Machar re-joining government
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – South Sudan offered to allow a rebel representative to join its government on Friday, but ruled out rebel leader Riek Machar, saying they had “had enough” of the man after five years of war against his group.
Monitor says Syrian army drops barrel bombs in southwest assault
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A war monitor reported Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on rebel-held areas of the southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, escalating an assault that has so far included artillery but only limited use of air…
Killings by security forces rife in Venezuela, rule of law ‘virtually absent’: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity from prosecution, indicating that the rule of law is “virtually absent” in the country, the United Nations said on Friday….
Syrian Observatory: Syrian army drops barrel bombs in southwest
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on Friday that the Syrian military had dropped more than a dozen barrel bombs on rebel-held territory in the southwest, its first use of the munition ther…
British police arrest man claiming to have a bomb at London rail station
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Friday they had arrested a man at London’s Charing Cross railway station who claimed he had a bomb.
Taliban kill 16 Afghan soldiers, kidnap engineers after ceasefire ends
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban militants killed at least 16 Afghan police and two civilians in western Badghis province after their three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday ended at the weekend, officials said on Friday.
