Many foreign fighters likely to stay in Syria, Iraq: U.S. official
ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) – In a new assessment, the U.S. intelligence community judges that large numbers of foreigners fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria likely will stay to defend what is left of their self-declared caliphate rather than retu…
Saudi security forces kill three suspected militants in Qatif province: ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces killed three suspected militants who shot at their patrol vehicles last week in the kingdom’s eastern Qatif province, the interior ministry said on Friday.
Burundi relying on U.S. police to find missing robotics teenagers: official
(Reuters) – Burundi is counting on U.S. law enforcement officials to find six teenagers who went missing after a robotics competition in Washington, an official with the East African country’s embassy said on Friday.
Daughter of slain Putin critic Nemtsov wants crime reclassified as political: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The daughter of murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has appealed the jail sentence of a man found guilty of killing her father and four accomplices, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
A new dawn: South Korea seeks new talks with Pyongyang
(Reuters) – Earlier this month South Korea proposed military talks with the North. The formal initiative from Seoul’s new government could lead to the first high-level discussions between the rival states since 2015.
Mosul morgue workers struggle to cope with ‘river of blood’
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The fridges are nearly full at the morgue in Mosul where the casualties of war with Islamic State are stored.
UAE welcomes Qatari decision to amend anti-terrorism laws
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates on Friday welcomed Qatar’s decision to amend its anti-terrorism laws, in one of the first positive signs from the UAE and three other Arab countries since they imposed sanctions on Doha last month.
U.S. withholds Pakistan reimbursement over Haqqani network: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will withhold $50 million remaining in military reimbursements to Pakistan for fiscal year 2016 because Defense Secretary Jim Mattis believes that Islamabad has not done enough to blunt the Islamist militant Haq…
Pakistan’s top court weighs dismissal of PM over corruption report
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday finished hearing arguments on a scathing corruption report into the family wealth of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and will begin deliberating whether to disqualify the premier.
Philippines’ Duterte says will never visit ‘lousy’ United States
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit back on Friday at U.S. lawmakers opposed to the prospect of his visiting the White House, saying he would never go to the United States, which he called a “lousy” country.
