Red Crescent doesn’t expect fresh wave of Syrian refugees into Turkey
CILVEGOZU, Turkey (Reuters) – The Turkish Red Crescent does not expect a fresh wave of Syrian refugees to head for Turkey after the chemical attack in the northwestern province of Idlib earlier this week, the humanitarian organization’s head said on Sa…
UK’s Johnson cancels Moscow visit after Syria gas attack
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday he had canceled a visit to Moscow due to take place on April 10 after developments in Syria where a poison gas attack in a rebel-held area prompted the United States to launch…
Somalia’s Puntland executes al Shabaab militants for killing officials
BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Saturday executed five people it said were Islamist militants responsible for killing three senior government officials last year, a military court official said.
India offers $5 billion credit line to Bangladesh for projects, defense
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India offered a $4.5 billion line of credit to neighboring Bangladesh on Saturday to help it implement projects in priority areas such as the energy sector, and a separate $500 million credit line to support defense related procureme…
Syrian Observatory says air strike kills at least 15 people near Raqqa
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State killed 15 people including four children in a village west of the jihadists’ stronghold of Raqqa on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for …
Baghdad says U.S. pledges continued support for Iraq’s war against IS
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday assured Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of continued U.S. support to defeat Islamic State, the Iraqi government said in a statement.
Uzbek man main suspect in Swedish truck attack that killed four
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A 39-year-old Uzbek man being held in custody is the suspected driver of a hijacked beer delivery truck that plowed into crowds in central Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15 in an apparent terror attack, police said on…
Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in ‘gun battle’ in Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police said on Saturday 10 militants from Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, died in a gun battle in Lahore, including a key facilitator of a February blast that left 13 people dead.
Traditional ‘goat pulling’ sport outlasts Afghan wars, politics
PANJSHIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A crash of horses and men deep in a mountain pass signals the start of another game of buzkashi, Afghanistan’s national sport.
Basque separatists ETA hand list of arms caches to French police: sources
BAYONNE, France (Reuters) – Basque militant group ETA has handed a list of eight arms caches to the French police through intermediaries, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
