Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will extend a national state of emergency for three months after the government approved President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s proposal to do so, the cabinet said on Thursday, amid an ongoing militant campaign against a Christian min…
Kohl’s widow in tug-of-war over unification Chancellor’s legacy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Less than a week after Helmut Kohl’s death, a row has broken out between his widow, his sons and his political party over the funeral and legacy of the Chancellor who led Germany through the end of the Cold War and reunification.
Paris attack was work of jihadist with gun license: prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) – A man who died when he rammed his car into a police van in Paris this week told people he joined a gun sports club to prepare as a jihadi fighter, France’s top public prosecutor said on Thursday.
Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – The leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating Islamic State militants, but Iraq’s prime minister said the act marked their final defeat in the city….
Macron orders French officials to show more humanity to migrants
PARIS (Reuters) – France has instructed local officials to show more humanity toward migrants, the government spokesman said on Thursday, after a human rights watchdog said it bore responsibility for the inhuman conditions migrants face in the Calais r…
Man died of injuries in van attack on Muslims in London: police
LONDON (Reuters) – Police said on Thursday the cause of death of a man at the scene of a van attack on Muslim worshippers in London this week was his multiple injuries.
Russian ForMin: high degree of certainty IS leader is dead – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday there was high degree of certainty that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead, RIA news agency reported.
Shhh…EU leaders try to take migration feud off table, for now
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting in Brussels will try to gloss over their feud about who takes in refugees, a change of tactic that some diplomats have linked to Germany’s election in September.
No royal wants to be king or queen, Britain’s Prince Harry says
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry said no one in Britain’s royal family wants to be king or queen and criticized a decision to force him to parade behind his mother Princess Diana’s coffin after her death in 1997, according to an interview with a U.S. ma…
Exclusive: South Korea president calls on China’s Xi to do more on North Korea nuclear program
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday China should do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program and he would call on President Xi Jinping to lift measures against South Korean companies taken in retaliation against S…
