Saudi Arabia and UAE suffer Yemen setback as allies fall out
NEHM, Yemen/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pumped billions of dollars into fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but the Gulf states’ three-year campaign risks being derailed after their local allies turned on each other th…
Man who drove van into London mosque worshippers jailed for 43 years
LONDON (Reuters) – A British man found guilty of murder after he drove a van into Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque last June, leaving one dead and injuring many more, was jailed for life on Friday and told he would serve at least 43 years beh…
France sends police as migrant gangs clash in Calais
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government will send more police to Calais to crack down on migrant gangs, the interior minister said on Friday, after gang rivalries erupted into a brawl that left five migrants suffering serious gunshot injuries
German parties in coalition talks haggle over labor rights
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservatives and their would-be partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), had much to do if they were to agree a coalition government, with the parties haggling over labor rights.
South Africa’s Zuma faces new no-confidence vote this month
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote this month, a fresh attempt to unseat the president by opponents emboldened by splits within his own party.
Reversal of Turkish decision to release activist undermines justice: EU statement
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union warned Ankara on Friday that a Turkish court’s decision to overturn its release of a local rights activist damaged the country’s standing, saying the need to uphold court judgments was crucial for better EU-Turke…
Ninety migrants, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya: IOM
GENEVA/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for M…
Kenya arrests lawyer, keeps TV stations shut after Odinga ‘inauguration’
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya on Friday arrested an opposition lawyer and defied a court order to lift a ban on three private television stations that had covered the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Turkey orders 13 detained for online opposition to Syria offensive, newspaper reports
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities on Friday ordered the detention of 13 people for supporting the national medical association online, the Hurriyet newspaper reported, after the organization publicly opposed a military campaign in Syria.
Paris attacks suspect faces Belgian trial over Brussels shoot-out
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The prime surviving suspect in the Islamic State attacks which killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 goes on trial in Belgium on Monday, charged over a later shootout with Brussels police before he was arrested.
