Face of anti-Kremlin protests is the son of a Putin ally
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian high school student Roman Shingarkin had some explaining to do when he got home after becoming one of the faces of anti-Kremlin protests at the weekend. His father is a former member of parliament who supports President Vladi…
U.S. military says difficult to avoid Mosul casualties, probes blast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. general said on Wednesday it will be difficult to maintain “extraordinarily high standards” to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul, even as the U.S. military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Ira…
UK police arrest two on ‘suspicion of terrorism’, not related to Westminster attack
(Reuters) – Two people were arrested in the British city of Birmingham on “suspicion of terrorism offences” on Wednesday, West Midlands police said in a statement.
Inside Mosul, a huge blast, then screams, dust and horror
MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Crouching in his Mosul home, Abu Ayman suddenly felt the ground rock as if struck by an earthquake when a massive explosion tore through his street, filling the room with dust and shattered glass. Then came the screams a…
Police and public join forces to remember London victims
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people joined together on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday to remember the four killed in last week’s London attack.
U.N. rights experts call on Russia to release protesters
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts called on Russia on Wednesday to release peaceful protesters arrested across the country at the weekend and to annul any sentences already handed down.
Syrian opposition, Russia discuss reinforcing ceasefire
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition and a senior Russian diplomat agreed on Wednesday that Syria’s fragile ceasefire needed to be shored up amid growing violations in the multi-sided civil war.
Syrian army captures Islamic State village near Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army captured the small town of Deir Hafer east of Aleppo from Islamic State on Wednesday, a Syrian military source said, part of its operations to drive back the jihadist group and consolidate its control in that area.
Israeli officers kill Palestinian woman who tried to stab them: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli paramilitary police officers shot dead a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with scissors outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, Israeli police said.
Nearly 150 migrants feared dead after boat sinks, sole survivor says
ROME (Reuters) – A rubber boat packed with migrants sank in the Mediterranean and the presumed sole survivor – a 16-year-old Gambian boy – told rescuers he believed all other passengers drowned, the International Migration Organization (IOM) said on We…
