Sadr becomes first Iraqi Shi’ite leader to urge Assad to step down
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to “take a historic heroic decision” and step down, to spare his country further bloodshed.
Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44
TANTA,Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and leading to troop deployments and the declaration …
Six people killed, more than 100 injured during Kashmir protests
SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Six people were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday when police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Srinagar in India’s disputed Kashmir region, officials said.
China anti-graft body probing chief insurance regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of China’s insurance regulator is being investigated for suspected disciplinary violations, the country’s top anti-graft body said on Sunday, bringing the most senior financial regulator to date into the government’s fight …
Trump’s U.N. envoy says ouster of al-Assad is a priority of U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that she sees regime change in Syria as one of the Trump administration’s priorities in the country wracked by civil war.
Abe praises Trump’s security commitment after call on Syria, North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday praised the “strong commitment” of President Donald Trump to global and allied security after his second call with the U.S. leader in four days.
U.S. Navy strike group to move toward Korean peninsula: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program.
Air strike kills 18 in Syria’s Idlib province: Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 18 people including five children in a town in Syrian rebel-controlled Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the civil defense rescue service reported.
Oslo police detonate ‘bomb-like device’, suspect in custody
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police set off a controlled explosion of a “bomb-like device” found in central Oslo on Saturday, and a suspect is being held in custody, police told reporters.
Russia’s Lavrov and U.S. Tillerson spoke by phone about situation in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone on Saturday about the situation in Syria after the U.S. strikes on a Syrian air base, the Russian ministry said in a statement.
