Kremlin says it hopes pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels have enough ammunition
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday he hoped that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine had enough ammunition to respond to what he called aggressive actions by the Ukrainian army.
Freed from jihadists, Mosul residents focus fury on Iraqi politicians
MOSUL (Reuters) – As raw sewage gushed out of a crater made by an airstrike against Islamic State in Mosul, seething residents who sold their clothes to survive had a sobering message for Iraqi politicians boasting of military advances against the gro…
U.S. sends Navy destroyer to patrol off Yemen amid Iran tensions: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has sent a Navy destroyer to patrol off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and Te…
UNHCR chief says safe zones would not work in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that safe zones would not work inside Syria for people fleeing the country’s nearly six-year-old war.
U.S. sends Navy destroyer to patrol off Yemen amid Iran tensions: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has placed a Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen to protect waterways from Houthi militia aligned with Iran, two U.S. officials said on Friday, amid heightened tension between Washington and Tehran.
Congo police kill at least eight in clashes with sect, activists say
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating tensions in a normally peaceful part of a conflict-ravaged country.
Congo police kill at least eight in clashes with sect, activists say
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating tensions in a normally peaceful part of a conflict-ravaged country.
Nine Yemenis deported from U.S. to Ethiopia under Trump travel ban
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Nine Yemenis deported from the United States in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban were flown to Ethiopia, then taken to neighboring Djibouti, an Ethiopian government official said on Friday.
Nine Yemenis deported from U.S. to Ethiopia under Trump travel ban
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Nine Yemenis deported from the United States in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban were flown to Ethiopia, then taken to neighboring Djibouti, an Ethiopian government official said on Friday.
Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan has denied identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden in 2011, blocking college enrolment for his children, their lawyer said on Fr…
