Yemeni officials say warships, likely American, shell al Qaeda positions
ADEN (Reuters) – Warships shelled suspected al Qaeda strongholds in a mountainous region of southern Yemen on Thursday, in what two Yemeni government officials said they believed was a U.S. operation.
Colombia’s ELN rebels free hostage, opening way for peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s second-biggest rebel group, the ELN, freed a politician it held captive for almost 10 months on Thursday, meeting a government requirement for delayed peace talks with the group to begin.
Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare up in fighting in east Ukraine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Kiev of provoking this week’s flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Iraq faces challenge of educating Mosul’s displaced children
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Yousef, 14, pushes a wheelbarrow through a sprawling camp in Iraq running errands for pennies, the only source of income for his family of 11.
McCain calls on Trump to help Ukraine against Russia attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain asked President Donald Trump on Thursday to help Ukraine defend itself against an increase in recent attacks from Russia.
Khamenei ally says useless for U.S. to threaten Iran over missile test: Fars
ANKARA (Reuters) – A top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Iran will not yield to “useless” U.S. threats from “an inexperienced person” over its ballistic missile program.
Israel wraps up illegal outpost evacuation, promises new settlement
AMONA, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli police dragged nationalist youths out of a barricaded synagogue on Thursday, completing the forced evacuation of an illegal outpost in the West Bank even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to build evicte…
U.S. military probing more possible civilian deaths in Yemen raid
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was looking into whether more civilians were killed in a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen on the weekend, in the first operation authorized by President Donald Trump as commander in…
Trump adopts aggressive posture toward Iran after missile launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House put Iran “on notice” on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, taking an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region.
Poland publishes list of Auschwitz guards to show they were German
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has published the names of some 8,500 guards and commanders who worked at Auschwitz, as part of a government drive to remind the world the death camp was run and staffed by Germans.
