Islamic State claims car bombing in Baghdad, four police killed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Four Iraqi traffic policemen were killed on Friday when a suicide car bomb detonated outside their station, close to a street where several foreign media have offices in Baghdad, a security spokesman said.
Two arrested on charges of illegal exports to Russia get time served
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Russian nationals arrested in the United States last October on charges of conspiring to export sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia were sentenced to time served on Friday, a spokesman for U.S. prosec…
Venezuelan opposition activists march to Leopoldo Lopez’ jail
LOS TEQUES, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists marched on Friday to the hilltop jail of Venezuela’s best-known detained opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in the latest of a month of protests against the socialist government.
EU to say united Ireland would be automatic full member
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders at a Brexit summit on Saturday will give a formal undertaking to embrace the British province of Northern Ireland in the EU if a referendum unites the island, diplomats said on Friday.
Albanian split deepens as Socialists force through election of president
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s Socialist party used its majority in parliament to force through the election of a new president of the Balkan country on Friday, leaving its politics polarized as the opposition maintains a two-month-old boycott.
Libya captures two oil-smuggling tankers after firefight
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after gun battles lasting several hours west of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the service said on Friday.
Friendly fire may have killed U.S. troops in Afghanistan: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. special operations forces soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday may have been struck by friendly fire in an operation targeting the emir of Islamic State militants in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Frida…
South Korea paying for THAAD ‘impossible’: presidential frontrunner’s aide
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Seoul pay for the THAAD advanced U.S. missile defense system would be an “impossible option,” a top foreign policy adviser to South Korean presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in said on Frid…
London terrorism suspect was on Gaza flotilla ship in 2010: sources
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist act on Thursday, carrying knives near Prime Minister Theresa May’s office, was on a ship raided by Israeli soldiers in 2010, sources familiar with the investigation have …
Bloodied Macedonian leftist expects to form government despite protests
SKOPJE (Reuters) – A day after protesters stormed Macedonia’s parliament and left him with blood running down his face, Social Democrat leader Zoran Zaev said on Friday he was confident of forming a government despite vehement opposition from nationali…
