Investigators search house of French presidential candidate Fillon: newspaper
PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators searched the house of French presidential candidate Francois Fillon on Thursday morning as part of an investigation into payments made to his wife, Le Parisien newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources.
No work means Ethiopia is no home for refugees – report
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A ban on Eritrean refugees working in Ethiopia is hampering efforts to reduce illegal “secondary” migration, with tens of thousands risking violence and drowning in pursuit of a better life, the Overseas Development Institute said on Thursday.
U.S. pounds al Qaeda in Yemen with more than 20 strikes
WASHINGTON/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) – The United States said it carried out more than 20 precision strikes in Yemen targeting al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Thursday, in the first major operations against the group since a January raid by U.S. comma…
Syrian army says it has recaptured Palmyra from Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army said it recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State on Thursday with help from allied forces and Russian air strikes.
Palestinian-Israeli covers the world in viral one-minute videos
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – A year ago, Nuseir Yassin, a 24-year-old Harvard graduate, was living in New York city, working for a successful hi-tech company and earning $120,000 a year. Despite it all, he couldn’t escape the feeling that life was …
Daniel Craig need not apply: UK’s MI6 looks to ‘tap up’ new spies
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s MI6 spy agency will go back to its old, informal “tap on the shoulder” method of hiring new agents in a bid to find more black and Asian recruits.
Turkey, U.S. on collision course over Kurdish role in battle for Syria’s Raqqa
ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey is ruling out compromise with the United States over the involvement of Kurdish militia fighters in an assault in Syria, an obstacle for Washington’s plan to deploy its strongest allies on the ground in a decisive s…
Al Qaeda confirms leader killed by drone strike in Syria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Al Qaeda confirmed on Thursday that a U.S.-led coalition drone strike had killed senior leader Abu al-Khayr al-Masri in Syria.
French presidential candidate Macron criticizes Trump’s policies
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential candidate and current frontrunner Emmanuel Macron on Thursday criticized the protectionist and environmental policies of U.S President Donald Trump.
Mexico says it will defend rights of its migrants, cooperate with U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior Mexican official told a United Nations human rights forum on Thursday that his government would defend the rights of Mexican migrants from discriminatory security measures.
