More than 1,300 migrants rescued at sea in one day: Italy coast guard
ROME (Reuters) – More than 1,300 migrants were rescued in 13 separate missions in the Mediterranean on Friday, bringing the total helped over the last three days to more than 2,600, the coast guard said.
Peru to give visas to thousands of crisis-weary Venezuelans
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru has created a temporary visa that will allow thousands of Venezuelans to work and study in the country, part of a migratory policy that aims to “build bridges” and “not walls,” the Andean nation’s interior ministry said.
Albanian authorities call for capture of cannabis kingpin
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania’s Security Council called on law enforcement agencies on Friday to arrest a fugitive cannabis kingpin to quell doubts among NATO partners of the country’s resolve to fight the drugs trade.
‘We woke up in 1989: Romanian graft decree turns back the clock
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – When fire tore through a Bucharest nightclub in 2015, victims were rushed to the city’s Floreasca hospital – but its newly-built, multi-million-euro burns unit was standing idle and could help no one.
France’s Fillon would not make runoff vote in coming elections, poll shows
PARIS (Reuters) – French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon, embroiled in a scandal over money paid to his wife, will not make it into a runoff vote for the presidency in May, a poll of voting intentions showed on Friday.
Trump administration reviewing Cuba policy: White House spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is in the midst “of a full review of all U.S. policies towards Cuba,” with a focus on its human rights policies, as part of a commitment to such rights for citizens throughout the world, a White House spo…
In Japan, U.S. defense chief reaffirms commitment to security treaty
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense secretary reaffirmed America’s commitment to its mutual defense treaty with Japan on Friday when he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
Air strikes kill 12 fighters in Syria’s Idlib: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 12 Islamist rebel fighters in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Israel interprets U.S. settlements statement as green light
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials welcomed on Friday what they took as U.S. consent to expand existing settlements, after the White House reversed a long-standing policy of condemning building on occupied land.
Warplanes kill 12 fighters in Syria’s Idlib: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes killed at least 12 Islamist rebel fighters in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
