SPD coalition ‘no’ vote would hurt Germany, EU: party official
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Europe would both suffer if the Social Democrats (SPD) vote ‘no’ in a ballot on a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a senior party official said.
Three aid workers killed in militant attack in Nigeria: U.N.
ABUJA (Reuters) – At least three aid workers have been killed in the northeastern Nigerian town of Rann during an attack by militants on a military facility, a United Nations spokeswoman said on Friday.
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.
