Brittle Kosovo, Serbia ties feel strain over ex-PM’s arrest
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Brittle diplomatic ties between Serbia and Kosovo came under further strain on Thursday in a row over international arrest warrants issued by Belgrade for former Kosovar guerrillas, including an ex-premier detained in France.
Berlin truck attacker used at least 14 names: German police
BERLIN/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – The Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by plowing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had lived under at least 14 different names in Germany, a regional police chief said on Thursday, raising more qu…
Syria ready for open battle in province where it has let rebels gather
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria is prepared for “open battle” against insurgents in the province where Damascus has been allowing them to gather under ceasefire deals, said the government official in charge of negotiations that have seen rebels yield swathe…
Iraqi general says 70 percent of east Mosul retaken from Islamic State
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have retaken around 70 percent of eastern Mosul from Islamic State militants and expect to reach the river bisecting the city in the coming days, Iraq’s joint operations commander told Reuters.
Gap between Fillon, Le Pen, Macron narrows in French election poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Conservative candidate Francois Fillon was seen winning up to 28 percent of votes in the French presidential election’s first round next April, a poll showed on Thursday, with the gap narrowing with far-right leader Marine Le Pen and …
Charlie Hebdo tribute marks two years of Islamist attacks on France
PARIS (Reuters) – France paid tribute on Thursday to the journalists, police officers and shoppers at a kosher store killed two years ago by Islamist gunmen, the first of a wave of militant attacks that has left more than 230 dead and triggered a state…
Car bomb kills at least ten in Syrian coastal town: state TV
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least ten people were killed in a car blast on Thursday in the Syrian coastal Mediterranean province of Latakia where two Russian bases are located, state television said.
German conservatives hope flexible refugee goal will end row
SEEON, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Bavarian allies on Thursday floated the idea of a flexible target for how many asylum seekers Germany should accept each year as a compromise to end a row between them…
Brazil government to take larger role in security after prison massacre: Temer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer said on Thursday there was confusion about the role government forces should have played during the riot at a privately run prison this week that ended with 56 inmates killed by fellow prisoners.
U.S., European weapons used to commit war crimes in Iraq: Amnesty
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against Islamic State are committing war crimes using weapons provided to the Iraqi military by the United States, Europe, Russia and Iran, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
