Hunting party held hostage in Iraq since 2015 freed
DOHA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twenty-six Qataris, including members of the Gulf state’s ruling royal family and two Saudis, were freed on Friday after being kidnapped and held in Iraq for nearly a year and a half, Qatari officials said.
Exclusive: U.S. offers to fund Mexico heroin fight as 2016 output jumps – U.S. official
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The United States has offered to help fund Mexico’s efforts to eradicate opium poppies, the U.S. assistant secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) said on Friday, as Mexican heroin output increase…
Gunman attacks regional Russian security service office, kills two
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Friday that a gunman had burst into one of its regional offices in the far east of the country and opened fire, killing one of its employees and a visitor.
Waiting for green cards, Indian visa-holders see hope in Trump review
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Gokul Gunasekaran was offered a full scholarship for a graduate program in electrical engineering at Stanford University, he saw it as the chance of a lifetime.
Kenya’s ruling coalition annuls party primaries after chaotic voting
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s ruling coalition annulled party primaries held on Friday, the organization’s secretary general said, and reports of widespread anger over chaotic voting raised fears that poorly organized national polls in August could spark…
U.S. forces kill Islamic State militant linked to Turkey nightclub attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States disclosed on Friday a secret military ground operation that killed an Islamic State operative seen as a close associate of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and linked to an attack on a Turkish nightclub that left 39 …
At Mosul waterfalls, Iraqis savor small joys of post-Islamic State life
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Crowds of Iraqis flocked to the waterfalls of eastern Mosul on Friday to savor simple freedoms like dancing or wearing colorful clothes that were strictly banned during almost three years of Islamic State rule.
U.S. House committee sets more hearings in Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Friday it sent invitations to FBI, NSA and Obama administration officials to appear at hearings in its investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 el…
In shadow of China’s reef city, Philippines seeks upgrade for its island patriots
THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (Reuters) – If the Filipinos on the remote South China Sea island of Thitu had binoculars, they might just be envious of how their neighbors on the next island live.
Taliban kill dozens at army HQ in northern Afghanistan
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Dozens of Afghan soldiers were killed or wounded on Friday when Taliban gunmen disguised in Afghan army uniform talked their way past checkpoints and attacked a military base, officials said.
