Syrian government forces advance in east Ghouta assault: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have gained ground from rebels at the edge of the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday, in a ground assault that has continued despite a Russian plan for…
Saudi Crown Prince to visit Egypt: official, airport sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman is to visit Egypt in his first public foreign trip since becoming crown prince last year, an Egyptian official and Cairo airport sources said on Friday.
Suicide car bomber hits Afghan capital, at least one dead
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber struck on Friday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing one person and wounding 14 bystanders, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Suicide car bomb rams Somali military base: police
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb rammed into a Somali military base about 30 km northwest of the capital Mogadishu on Friday morning, the group and a police official said.
Russian military says new five-hour truce starts in Syria’s Ghouta: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military said a five-hour truce had begun in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on Friday, the fourth such truce in as many days, the Interfax news agency quoted an official at Russia’s ceasefire monitoring center in Syria as saying…
Greek soldiers on border patrol detained in Turkish territory
ATHENS (Reuters) – Two Greek soldiers on patrol at the country’s northeastern border with Turkey were detained by Turkish forces after they were spotted in Turkish territory due to bad weather conditions, Greece’s army command said on Friday.
Bosnian war victims despair at court fines over reparations claims
TUZLA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bahira was 14 when she was repeatedly raped by Bosnian Serb soldiers who attacked her Muslim village early in Bosnia’s 1990s war. She barely escaped execution, and has spent the past two decades trying to overcome her trauma.
Israeli police question Netanyahu in telecoms corruption case
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday for the first time in a corruption case that involves the country’s largest telecommunications company, Israel Radio said.
Turkey to arrest navy officers, teachers, unionists in Gulen probe: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors ordered the arrest of 154 people including navy officers, teachers and unionists over alleged links to the Islamic preacher accused of orchestrating a 2016 attempted coup, state media said on Friday.
Two arrested in Japanese fast-train bid-rigging case
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Kajima Corp official and a former executive of Taisei Corp were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into the suspected rigging of bids for a Japanese high-speed rail project, prosecutors said.
