U.S. air strike kills Afghan forces in friendly-fire incident
WASHINGTON/LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike killed an unknown number of Afghan security personnel in a so-called “friendly fire” incident in the southern province of Helmand on Friday, the U.S. military said, as fighting in the ar…
Iran skips opportunity to upset nuclear deal over U.S. sanctions: sources
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran decided on Friday for the second time since January not to upset its nuclear pact with six world powers, two informed sources said, despite public statements by Tehran accusing the United States of violating the deal.
After Syria sarin attack, doctors train to treat chemical weapons victims
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – Wearing chemical suits and gasmasks, Syrian doctors rush to a house where white smoke wafts over a group of people choking and coughing, some calling out for help.
Venezuela opposition congress names alternative Supreme Court judges
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led congress on Friday appointed alternative judges to the country’s Supreme Court, whose current pro-government members have been a bedrock of support for leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
Many foreign fighters likely to stay in Syria, Iraq: U.S. official
ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) – In a new assessment, the U.S. intelligence community judges that large numbers of foreigners fighting for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria likely will stay to defend what is left of their self-declared caliphate rather than retu…
Saudi security forces kill three suspected militants in Qatif province: ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces killed three suspected militants who shot at their patrol vehicles last week in the kingdom’s eastern Qatif province, the interior ministry said on Friday.
Burundi relying on U.S. police to find missing robotics teenagers: official
(Reuters) – Burundi is counting on U.S. law enforcement officials to find six teenagers who went missing after a robotics competition in Washington, an official with the East African country’s embassy said on Friday.
Daughter of slain Putin critic Nemtsov wants crime reclassified as political: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The daughter of murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has appealed the jail sentence of a man found guilty of killing her father and four accomplices, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
A new dawn: South Korea seeks new talks with Pyongyang
(Reuters) – Earlier this month South Korea proposed military talks with the North. The formal initiative from Seoul’s new government could lead to the first high-level discussions between the rival states since 2015.
Mosul morgue workers struggle to cope with ‘river of blood’
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The fridges are nearly full at the morgue in Mosul where the casualties of war with Islamic State are stored.
