Iranian President Rouhani to seek second term, faces hardline challenge
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registered on Friday to run for a second four-year term, state television said, buoyed by Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers though facing a hardline conservative challenge over his economic…
Russian newspaper fears for staff after Chechen clerics vow vengeance
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most famous campaigning newspaper said on Friday it had appealed to the Kremlin to protect its staff after Chechen clerics said the paper faced “retribution” for alleging that gay men in Chechnya were being tortured and kill…
Palestinian man fatally stabs British woman on Jerusalem train
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man fatally stabbed a British student on Jerusalem’s transit network on Friday, Israeli police said.
North Korea displays apparently new missiles as U.S. carrier group approaches
PYONGYANG/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung, on Saturday, as a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed …
Turkey could suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas: Foreign Minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under the migrant deal with the European Union if the bloc does not give a positive response on visa-free travel for Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
French presidential race tightens further as vote looms
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s presidential race looked tighter than it has all year on Friday, nine days before voting begins, as two polls put the four frontrunners within reach of a two-person run-off vote.
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
QARAQOSH, Iraq (Reuters) – With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in friendship with Muslims of all persuasions.
Russia to boycott Eurovision song contest due to Ukraine row
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s state broadcaster has said it will boycott this year’s Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises suggested by the …
France’s Ayrault says Assad’s comments on Syria chemical attack are ‘lies’
BEIJING (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Friday dismissed as “lies and propaganda” comments by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that a poison gas attack blamed on his government last week in Idlib province was “100 percent fabri…
Uzbekistan says had warned West about Stockholm attack suspect
TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan’s security services passed information on Rakhmat Akilov, the man accused of ramming a truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm last week, to the West before the deadly attack, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said on…
