Syrian envoy slams U.S. airfield attack ‘message’ to North Korea
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – Syria’s ambassador to North Korea denounced what he called U.S. aggression and its “history of interventions” on Monday and said that it sending a “message” to North Korea with an attack on a Syrian airfield was irresponsible.
Russian investigators question new suspect over metro bombing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian law enforcement officials are questioning a new suspect over the bombing of a metro train in St Petersburg earlier this month, a source familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Monday.
Burying ‘Trumpomania,’ Kremlin TV says Trump scarier than North Korean leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) – As Russian hopes of swift detente under President Donald Trump have fizzled, state media, which hailed his election win, have made a U-turn. On Sunday, they said he was scarier than North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un.
‘We want to learn’: Iraqi girls back at school after years under Islamic State
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi schoolgirl Manar Mahmoud is eager to resume classes after years of life under Islamic State in Mosul, ignoring the nearby rattle of artillery fire.
Pakistan says captured Islamic State bomber before planned Easter attack
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military captured a would-be Islamic State female suicide bomber in the cultural capital of Lahore before she could carry out an attack on the Christian community during Easter celebrations, the army’s chief spokesman s…
Top Trump aide in Pakistan says terrorism must be fought ‘in all forms’ – U.S.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser met Pakistan’s prime minister and army chief on Monday and emphasized “the need to confront terrorism in all its forms”, while praising democratic and economic development.
France’s Macron denies suggestions of impropriety
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he did not have offshore accounts or a hidden inheritance, less than a week from the first round of voting in an election marked by allegations of impropriety.
For Syrian evacuees, bus bombing a tragic end to a tragic deal
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Mothers Noha, a Shi’ite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side of Syria’s civil war. At the weekend they finally escaped the suffocating blockades under an evacuation agreement – but their ordeal was no…
Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike
GAZA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails began a hunger strike on Monday in response to a call by prominent prisoner Marwan Barghouti, widely seen as a possible future Palestinian president.
Iraqi forces fight door-to-door in Mosul as battles enters seventh month
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces gained ground in door-to-door fighting in the Old City of Mosul, a military spokesman said on Monday, as the U.S.-backed offensive to capture Islamic State’s de facto capital in Iraq entered its seventh month.
