Kosovo bows to U.S., NATO pressure, puts off plan to create army
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo President Hashim Thaci bowed to pressure from traditional allies the United States and NATO on Friday by putting off plans to establish an army strongly opposed by the country’s minority Serbs.
Mortar attack kills three in Somalia, police, ambulance services say
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Mortar shells fired into homes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed three people and wounded five, police and ambulance services said on Friday, a day after the government changed heads of security agencies.
Maldives police arrest opposition leader for plotting to oust government
(Reuters) – Police in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives arrested an opposition leader for “plotting to overthrow the government”, police said on Friday, days after the opposition’s failed bid to oust the speaker and take control of parliam…
Six dead, two missing as floods hit Indian-ruled Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Six people were killed and two were reported missing in India’s northern region of Kashmir on Friday, after heavy rain and snowfall swept the region, setting off avalanches and turning mountain rivers into raging torrents.
Turkey arrests Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey in March
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have arrested a Syrian air force pilot whose plane crashed on Turkish soil last month on charges of espionage and violation of border security, Turkish state-run media reported.
Warplane hits Syrian town where gas attack killed scores: witness, Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A warplane on Friday bombed the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, where a chemical attack killed scores of people this week and prompted U.S. missile strikes, a witness in the rebel-held area and a war monitoring group said.
In abrupt shift on Syria, Trump turns to military advisers
WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH (Reuters) – Hours after a poison gas attack in Syria killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s intelligence advisers provided evidence Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was behind the atrocity, officials said.
Skirmishes in Johannesburg as South Africans protest against Zuma
PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Skirmishes broke out in Johannesburg as more than 60,000 people marched in South African cities on Friday in largely peaceful protests to demand President Jacob Zuma quit after a cabinet reshuffle triggered the latest …
Qatar Airways CEO says laptop ban will send militants elsewhere: Irish Times
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Militants would be able to get around a ban on carrying large electronic items into the cabins of planes bound for the United States by traveling from cities not impacted by the ban, Qatar Airways’ chief executive was quoted as sayin…
Basque militants ETA surrender arms in end to decades of conflict
BAYONNE, France/MADRID (Reuters) – Basque militant group ETA effectively ended an armed separatist campaign after almost half a century on Saturday, leading French authorities to the sites where it says its caches of weapons, explosives and ammunition …
