Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque
MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – The leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating Islamic State militants, but Iraq’s prime minister said the act marked their final defeat in the city….
Macron orders French officials to show more humanity to migrants
PARIS (Reuters) – France has instructed local officials to show more humanity toward migrants, the government spokesman said on Thursday, after a human rights watchdog said it bore responsibility for the inhuman conditions migrants face in the Calais r…
Man died of injuries in van attack on Muslims in London: police
LONDON (Reuters) – Police said on Thursday the cause of death of a man at the scene of a van attack on Muslim worshippers in London this week was his multiple injuries.
Russian ForMin: high degree of certainty IS leader is dead – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday there was high degree of certainty that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead, RIA news agency reported.
Shhh…EU leaders try to take migration feud off table, for now
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meeting in Brussels will try to gloss over their feud about who takes in refugees, a change of tactic that some diplomats have linked to Germany’s election in September.
No royal wants to be king or queen, Britain’s Prince Harry says
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry said no one in Britain’s royal family wants to be king or queen and criticized a decision to force him to parade behind his mother Princess Diana’s coffin after her death in 1997, according to an interview with a U.S. ma…
Exclusive: South Korea president calls on China’s Xi to do more on North Korea nuclear program
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday China should do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program and he would call on President Xi Jinping to lift measures against South Korean companies taken in retaliation against S…
After London fire, 600 tower blocks must be tested for flammable cladding
LONDON (Reuters) – The government is urgently conducting safety checks on an estimated 600 high-rise buildings in England which have exterior cladding panels after at least 79 people died when fire consumed a London tower block last week, officials sai…
U.S. will take weapons from Kurds after Islamic State defeat: Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States has told Turkey it will take back weapons supplied to the Kurdish YPG militia in northern Syria after the defeat of Islamic State, Ankara said on Thursday, seeking to address Turkish concerns about arming Kurds on i…
Scandal clouds outlook for Japan’s Abe, Tokyo poll may give clues
TOKYO (Reuters) – Just a few months ago, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looked to be cruising to a third term that would make him Japan’s longest serving leader and put him on track to achieving his dream of revising its post-war, pacifist constitution.
