Cyprus peace deal needs to be watertight for vote, says President
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus’s president said on Friday he would not be willing to put any peace deal to a popular vote unless he was convinced a blueprint to reunite estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots would work.
Leading Venezuela opposition figure barred from office 15 years
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Friday was banned from holding political office for 15 years, a move that could galvanize protests against the leftist government and upend a presidential election in 2018.
Exclusive: Situation in Syria constitutes international armed conflict – Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) – The situation in Syria “amounts to an international armed conflict” following U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airbase, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Reuters on Friday.
China and Norway resume free trade negotiations after diplomatic freeze
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Norway signed a pact on Friday to resume free trade negotiations, marking the end of a six-year diplomatic freeze, a move China called internationally significant, against the backdrop of a rise in protectionist sentiment …
Kosovo bows to U.S., NATO pressure, puts off plan to create army
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo President Hashim Thaci bowed to pressure from traditional allies the United States and NATO on Friday by putting off plans to establish an army strongly opposed by the country’s minority Serbs.
Mortar attack kills three in Somalia, police, ambulance services say
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Mortar shells fired into homes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed three people and wounded five, police and ambulance services said on Friday, a day after the government changed heads of security agencies.
Maldives police arrest opposition leader for plotting to oust government
(Reuters) – Police in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives arrested an opposition leader for “plotting to overthrow the government”, police said on Friday, days after the opposition’s failed bid to oust the speaker and take control of parliam…
Six dead, two missing as floods hit Indian-ruled Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Six people were killed and two were reported missing in India’s northern region of Kashmir on Friday, after heavy rain and snowfall swept the region, setting off avalanches and turning mountain rivers into raging torrents.
Turkey arrests Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey in March
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have arrested a Syrian air force pilot whose plane crashed on Turkish soil last month on charges of espionage and violation of border security, Turkish state-run media reported.
Warplane hits Syrian town where gas attack killed scores: witness, Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A warplane on Friday bombed the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, where a chemical attack killed scores of people this week and prompted U.S. missile strikes, a witness in the rebel-held area and a war monitoring group said.
