With first death in Riyadh, the Saudi-led war in Yemen hits home
RIYADH (Reuters) – Khattab Jalal, 27, was asleep on Sunday night in the home in eastern Riyadh that he shared with 15 other Egyptian construction workers when the sound of explosions jolted him awake.
With first death in Riyadh, the Saudi-led war in Yemen hits home
RIYADH (Reuters) – Khattab Jalal, 27, was asleep on Sunday night in the home in eastern Riyadh that he shared with 15 other Egyptian construction workers when the sound of explosions jolted him awake.
South Africa’s Zuma to appear in court on April 6 on graft charges
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was due to appear in court on April 6 to face charges of corruption in a years-old $2.5 billion arms deal, his lawyer said on Monday.
South Africa’s Zuma to appear in court on April 6 on graft charges
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was due to appear in court on April 6 to face charges of corruption in a years-old $2.5 billion arms deal, his lawyer said on Monday.
Jews, Arabs nearing population parity in Holy Land – Israeli officials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials show, raising questions whether Israel can remain a democracy if it keeps territory where Palesti…
Jews, Arabs nearing population parity in Holy Land: Israeli officials
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The number of Jews and Arabs between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River is at or near parity, figures cited by Israeli officials show, raising questions whether Israel can remain a democracy if it keeps territory where Palesti…
U.S. and EU expel scores of Russian diplomats in response to nerve attack in UK
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in taking action against the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed…
Slovak journalist’s murder was contract killing, prosecutor says
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – The murder of Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee last month, which sparked mass protests and forced prime minister Robert Fico to resign, was likely to have been a contract killing, a prosecutor said on Mo…
In face of Ghouta defeat, Syrian rebels blame each other
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebel factions are blaming each other for opening the way to their defeat near Damascus, underlining splits that plagued the armed uprising against President Bashar al-Assad since its earliest days.
Irish deputy PM drops resistance to easing of abortion law
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s deputy premier has dropped his opposition to a government proposal allowing abortions up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy if a referendum to loosen legal curbs and hand parliament the power to legislate is passed in May.
