Years late, Syria’s children of war learn to read and write
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – – Hussein al-Khalaf, aged 13, burst into tears as he sat in his classroom at the Ahmed Baheddine Rajab school near Damascus, recounting why he is learning to read and write for the first time in his life.
Clear Paris attacks suspect of Belgian shooting, says lawyer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris attacks, should be acquitted of attempted murder during a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016 because of procedural errors, his lawyer said on Thursday.
EU could impose blocking regulations if U.S. pulls out of Iran deal
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union could put in place regulations to protect its firms doing business in Iran if the United States withdraws from the 2015 nuclear deal and restores extraterritorial sanctions, a senior EU official said on Thursday.
Unholy war of words breaks out over Vatican rapprochement with China
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – An unholy war of words has broken out among Vatican and Catholic officials over the Holy See’s rapprochement with Communist China, with cardinals, archbishops and priests caught in an undiplomatic crossfire.
U.S.-led coalition, pro-Assad forces clash in east Syria
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition and its local allies in Syria struck pro-government forces with air and artillery fire overnight to repel “an unprovoked attack” near the Euphrates, the coalition said on Thursday.
Venezuela opposition ponders whether to fight Maduro in vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition was to huddle on Thursday and debate whether to participate in a controversial April presidential vote despite the barring of its best two candidates and an electoral board favoring President Nicolas Maduro.
Few cheers at home for Germany’s last-resort coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) partners faced a chorus of scepticism on Thursday as allies and opponents alike criticized a loveless coalition deal that some said showed the German chancellor’s time was…
Belgian court should acquit Paris attacks suspect: lawyer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect of the 2015 Paris attacks, should be acquitted of a attempted murder during a shootout with police in Brussels in 2016 because of procedural errors, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Bangladesh ex-PM jailed for five years for graft; plans to appeal
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia was jailed on Thursday for corruption, but plans to appeal against her five-year term, her lawyer said, as thousands of supporters took to the streets to protest her i…
U.S. forces in Afghanistan attack anti-China militants
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have attacked networks of anti-China militants in an action that is likely to please Beijing, which had called for Western cooperation in its fight against a group it says wants to split off its Xinjiang reg…
