Polish PM flown to Warsaw for further checks after car crash
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo suffered bruising in a car crash on Friday and was being flown from southern Poland to a Warsaw hospital for what her spokesman described as routine checks.
Nigeria’s anti-graft body seizes $9.8 million from state oil firm ex-boss
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s anti-corruption watchdog has seized $9.8 million in cash from the former head of the state oil company, a spokesman said on Friday, as the government continues to battle endemic corruption.
Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemeni port, civilians at risk
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition has intensified air strikes on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, possibly trapping civilians and hampering a humanitarian operation to import vital food and fuel supplies, the United Nations said on Friday.
Russia halted Syrian army, rebel clash in northern Syria: sources
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Russia intervened to halt a clash between Syrian government forces and Turkey-backed Syrian rebels in northern Syria, sources on both sides said on Friday, the first confrontation between them as both sides fight Islamic Sta…
Boko Haram kills seven Nigerian soldiers in ambush
ABUJA (Reuters) – Boko Haram fighters have killed seven Nigerian soldiers and wounded 19 more in an ambush on a road in the northeastern state of Borno, the military said on Friday.
Suspect in Louvre attack placed under formal investigation: source
PARIS (Reuters) – A man who attacked soldiers with machetes at the Louvre museum in Paris was placed under formal investigation on Friday, a judicial source said.
U.N. Secretary General kicks off Middle East tour
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkey’s prime minister, Binali Yildirim, at the start of his first visit to the Middle East as the world body’s leader, his office sa…
Mexico’s own populist politician softens tone in bid for presidency
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s home-grown populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has tapped into wide discontent with the ruling party and resentment toward Donald Trump to make a bid for the center ground, raising his chances of winning the presidenc…
Suicide bombings kill 10, wound 33 in Mosul, Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and 33 wounded on Friday, in a series of suicide bombings that hit Baghdad and parts of Mosul recently recaptured from Islamic State, medical and security sources said.
Syrian dissident says war ‘over’ as states cut aid to rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A prominent Syrian dissident said on Friday he believed the country’s war was effectively over, as foreign governments have cut support to rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
