Switzerland voters likely to weigh in on facial covering ban
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland could become the latest country to ban facial coverings worn by some Muslim women after activists collected more than the 100,000 signatures required to put the proposal to a national vote.
Rohingya grieve after baby dies in border crossing
SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – A crying Rohingya mother in a yellow headscarf cradling her five-week-old infant son who died after their boat capsized is one of the most powerful Reuters images of Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar.
Qatar’s emir says ready to talk to end Gulf crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Qatar is ready to sit at the negotiating table to try to end a dispute with its Gulf Arab neighbors, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said on Friday in Berlin.
U.S.-backed Syrian fighters set red line for Assad in Syria’s east
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian militias will not let government forces cross the Euphrates River in their bid to recover eastern Syria, setting a red line for President Bashar al-Assad as both sides converge on Islamic State in Deir al-Zor, thei…
Home-made bomb injures 22 on packed London commuter train
LONDON (Reuters) – A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a carriage in flames and injured 22 people on Friday in Britain’s fifth major terrorism incident this year, but apparently failed to fully explode.
Two women injured by hammer-wielding attacker in eastern France
LYON, France (Reuters) – Two women were injured on Friday by an attacker wielding a hammer and shouting Allahu Akbar in the eastern French town of Chalon-sur-Saone in Burgundy, local officials said.
Car bomber attacks NATO patrol in Afghanistan, causing injuries
KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomber attacked a patrol of troops in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, wounding some members of the patrol, the international coalition said.
Improvised bomb explodes on packed London commuter train injuring 22
LONDON (Reuters) – A home-made bomb exploded on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London injuring 22 people on Friday, police said, in what was being treated as the fifth terrorism attack in Britain this year.
Vatican recalls Washington diplomat amid child pornography investigation
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Vatican diplomat working in Washington has been recalled to the Holy See after the U.S. State Department said the priest may have violated child pornography laws, the Vatican said on Friday.
U.N. Security Council to meet after North Korea fires another missile over Japan
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile over Japan and far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday for the second time in under a month, again challenging the United States and other world powers to rein in Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear prog…
