Fire at a warehouse near India’s capital kills 17 people
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Seventeen people died after a fire broke out at a warehouse in an industrial area on the outskirts of India’s capital on Sunday, a fire official said.
Pope urges hope in visit to Peru area devastated by floods
TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) – Pope Francis, visiting an area of Peru that was devastated last year by heavy rains linked to climate change and plagued by gang violence, urged people not to lose hope.
Turkey air strikes hit Syria’s Afrin province in push to secure borders
HASSA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes struck positions of a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin province on Saturday, opening a new front in the Syrian civil war and raising the prospect of deeper strains between Turkey and Washington.
Syrian army, allies capture Idlib air base: state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops and allied forces seized an air base in Idlib province on Saturday, pressing their offensive into the country’s largest insurgent stronghold, state television said.
Philippine troops fight first clash with militants since Marawi battle, six wounded
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine troops clashed briefly with pro-Islamic State militants in the volatile south on Saturday, the army said, in their first engagement since the government retook Marawi city in the country’s biggest battle since World War Tw…
Russian, U.S. army chiefs discussed Syria by phone – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces Valery Gerasimov and his U.S. counterpart Joseph Dunford have discussed the situation in Syria by phone, RIA news agency reported on Saturday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry…
Germany weighs new sanctions against Iran: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is lobbying among European allies to agree new sanctions against Iran in an attempt to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from terminating an international deal curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, Der Spiegel magazine reported…
North Korea says to send delegation to prepare for Olympics on Sunday: South Korea ministry
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will send a delegation to South Korea on Sunday to prepare for a trip by an art troupe during next month’s Winter Olympics, pushing the visit back a day after earlier cancelling it, South Korea’s Unification Ministry has s…
German SPD leaders upbeat as biggest branch backs coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Senior members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) said on Saturday they were confident the party would approve the start of formal coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives at a special congress this weekend.
Turkish military operation in Syria’s Afrin has begun: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday a military operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region had begun after cross-border shelling by the Turkish army.
