Australia has duty to take care of asylum seekers in PNG, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office called on Australia on Friday to restore food, water and health services to some 600 interned refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea, which the government cut off three days ago.
Israel’s Netanyahu expresses hope for U.S. peace push in Middle East
LONDON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he hoped a U.S. peace initiative would work and praised President Donald Trump for taking a fresh approach to bringing the Israelis and Palestinians back to negotiations.
Jailed Catalonia leader Santi Vila to leave jail after paying bail
MADRID (Reuters) – Jailed Catalonia leader Santi Vila, among the nine Catalan leaders ordered to be held in custody on Thursday pending a potential trial over the region’s independence drive, was free to leave jail after paying bail, a court document s…
Possible Trump-Putin meeting at APEC summit being discussed: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at an APEC summit in Vietnam later this month is being discussed, the Kremlin said on Friday.
At least one dead, scores rescued off Greek islands as arrivals rise
ATHENS (Reuters) – One person drowned, at least six were missing and scores of other migrants were rescued by Greek authorities in three separate incidents in the Aegean Sea early Friday, the coastguard said.
Death toll from strike on Gaza tunnel this week rises to 12
GAZA (Reuters) – A Palestinian militant group said on Friday that five of its members had been killed earlier this week when Israel blew up a cross-border tunnel being dug by militants from the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the strike to 12.
Philippines spotlights anti-graft measures in bid to woo U.S. aid
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Friday defended its graft-fighting efforts in a bid to convince the United States to continue providing development assistance after an initial five-year grant of $434 million expired in May last year.
Month into trial, North Korean ‘masterminds’ behind Kim Jong Nam killing a mystery
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – One month into the trial of the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, Malaysian prosecutors have focused on two accused women, but have shed no light on four prime North Korean suspects.
China says hopes U.S. can ‘help, not cause problems’ in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes the United States can “help and not cause problems” in the disputed South China Sea, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday ahead of next week’s visit to Beijing by President Donald Trump.
Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim in final offensive on Islamic State-held territory: military
ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have entered al-Qaim, one of the last remaining territories in the country still held by Islamic State militants, the Joint Operations Command said on Friday.
